"I would have been quite comfortable remaining in my academic ivory tower, having esoteric discussions with other researchers and writing technical books and articles," (Introduction, Introduction: The Problem, p. xi).

"What is his psychological makeup, gave Ray the power to override reality, apparently without compunction or concern?" (Chapter 1, Experiencing the Psychopath, p. 14).

"Psychopaths are not disoriented or out of touch with reality, nor do they experience the delusions, hallucinations, or intense subjective distress that characterize other mental disorders," (Chapter 2, Focusing the Picture, p. 22).

"The Psychopathy Checklist lets us discuss psychopaths with little risk that we are describing simple social deviance or criminality, or that we are mislabeling people who have nothing more in common than that they have broken the law," (Chapter 3,The Profile: Feelings and Relationships, p. 33).

" The other facet, described in this chapter, and comprised of the remaining symptoms in the Psychopathy Checklist, is a chronically...