The standard screening test for potential psychopaths is the Hare Psychopathy Checklist. In the test, a clinician interviews a potential sociopath and scores them on 20 criteria, such as ...

Medically reviewed by Michael MacIntyre, MD Sociopaths and psychopaths lack empathy for others, but they differ in ...

Psychopaths do everything possible to avoid responsibility for their actions and use scapegoating as a tool to do so. They ...

The violent risk potential of a criminal can be measured using the Psychopathy Checklist developed by Robert D. Hare. This measure affects bail, sentencing, parole, and more.

Robert Hare developed the Hare Psychopathy Checklist in the 1980s, and it’s since become a tool widely used for assessing and diagnosing the condition. Contrary to popular notions, ...

The inmates were divided into highly psychopathic, moderately psychopathic and weakly psychopathic groups on the basis of a widely used diagnostic tool called the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised.

Most people display some symptoms of psychopathy — superficiality, glibness, promiscuous sexual behavior, etc. — and that does not make you a psychopath.

Senior corporate leaders have been numbered among those who tend to show psychopathic traits. The standard screening test for potential psychopaths is the Hare Psychopathy Checklist. Read the list ...