Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us Study Guide & Plot Synopsis

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Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the The Psychopaths Among Us was first published in 1993 and was written by Dr. Robert Hare. Hare is a world renowned psychologist. Prior to his research and book, there were not a lot of procedures available to identify psychopaths. Many personality tests have been used, but Hare found them inconsistent and unreliable. Thus, Hare has developed, and in this book introduces, the Psychopathy Checklist.

In Hare's early career, he worked in a prison and had his first personal experience with a psychopath named Ray. Hare worked as a psychologist at the prison and was eager to develop relationships with inmates so that he could effectively rehabilitate them. Ray was Hare's very first patient and for the eight months that Hare worked with him, Ray repeatedly manipulated and used Dr. Hare. Hare uses his own experiences, antidotes from others, as well as interviews from...
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