Psychopathy and Criminal Behavior. Current Trends and Challenges

Table of Contents

1. Practical considerations for the clinical and forensic use of psychopathy 2. The emergence and development of psychopathy 3. Neural correlates of psychopathy: A comprehensive review 4. Emotional functioning in psychopathy. A critical review and integration with general emotion theories 5. The development of psychopathy through the lifespan and its relation to offending 6. Assessment of psychopathy and antisocial behavior 7. The concept of psychopathy and risk assessment: Historical developments, contemporary considerations and future directions 8. Communicating with psychopaths in law enforcement settings 9. Negotiating with the psychopathic hostage taker 10. Interviewing psychopaths: Toward a science of investigative interviewing of psychopathic suspects 11. Psychopathy evidence in�legal proceedings 12. Psychopathy,�offending style and crime scene behavior 13. Psychopathy and drug-related crime and violence 14. Are gang members psychopaths? 15. Psychopathy and sexual offending over the life course: An exploratory longitudinal investigation 16. Psychopathy is integral to understanding homicide and violence 17. Psychopathy in human trafficking offenders: Current trends and challenges 18. Psychopathy and terrorist involvement 19. Psychopathy and corporate crime 20. Psychopathy: Cybercrime and cyber abuse 21. Psychopathy and animal cruelty offenders 22. Treatment of psychopathic offenders: A Review of research, past, and current practice

Authors

Paulo Barbosa Marques Inspector, Servi�o de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF), the Portuguese Immigration and Borders, Portugal. Paulo Barbosa Marques is a chartered clinical and forensic psychologist and a law enforcement officer. He began his law enforcement career serving as a frontline police officer in the Pol�cia de Seguran�a P�blica (PSP) and later as a criminal investigator at the Criminal Investigation Department - Organized Crime Brigade. Paulo is now an inspector at the Servi�o de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF), the Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service. He holds a Master's in Law and Security from the Faculty of Law - NOVA University of Lisbon, a postgraduate diploma in Internal Security, and a Licentiate degree in Psychology. Over the past years, his research has focused on the police officers, prosecutors and judges perceptions of investigative interviewing operational practices and training needs in Portugal. Paulo regularly presents at conferences to both academics and practitioners. Mauro Paulino Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciencias Forenses, Portugal. Mauro Paulino is currently a coordinator at Mind, Institute of Clinical and Forensic Psychology (Lisbon, Portugal). He is also a forensic psychologist consultant at the Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ci�ncias Forenses, I.P. (Gabinete M�dico-Legal e Forense Pen�nsula Set�bal). Mauro received his Master's degree in Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences at the University of Lisbon, Faculty of Medicine completing his research in the field of spousal violence. He is a PhD student at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra (Portugal). He is also a member of the Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC) and the Psychological Assessment and Psychometrics Laboratory (PsyAssessmentLab). He is an author and coordinator of several books and is a guest lecturer at various national and international universities. Laura Alho Lus�fona University of Humanities and Technologies, EPCV, Lisbon; Cognition and People Centric Computing Labs (CopeLabs), ULHT, Lisbon; Human-Environment Interaction Lab (HEI-Lab), EPCV, UHLT, Lisbon, Portugal. Laura Alho is a forensic psychologist and an assistant professor of the Lus�fona University of Humanities and Technologies. She holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Aveiro, in collaboration with IBILI (Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra) and the Karolinska Institute (Sweden), a masters' degree in Forensic Psychology, and a post-graduation in Criminology. She has professional training in Victimology, Criminal Profiling, Psychology of Justice and Criminal Investigation. She is a member of several scientific associations and member of the Cognition and People Centric Computing Labs (CopeLabs) and Human-Environment Interaction Lab (HEI-Lab), from Lus�fona University. Her line of research is psychology of testimony. She is an author and coordinator of scientific publications and a guest lecturer at several universities and justice entities.