Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Overview of Theories and Empirical Findings Relevant to Psychopathic Personality Characteristics Amongst High-Functioning Populations -- Definition and Characteristics of Psychopathy -- Brief History of the Psychopathy Construct -- Aetiological Causes of Psychopathy -- Affective and Cognitive Deficits Associated with Psychopathy -- Gender Differences in Psychopathy -- Effective Aspects of Psychopathy -- Corporate Psychopathy -- Theories of Successful Psychopathy -- Conceptualisations of Psychopathy
And Conclusions -- References -- 2 Conceptualising Psychopathy: Empirical, Clinical and Case Interpretations -- Common Psychopathy Instruments -- Assessing Psychopathy in Criminal, Forensic and Clinical Subjects -- Assessment of Noncriminal, Non-forensic Subjects -- The Clinical Classification Criteria of Psychopathy -- Applying the CCCP to Case Studies of Psychopathic Personality -- Ted Bundy -- Richard Speck -- Bernie Madoff -- Sol Wachtler -- Al Dunlap -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Criminal and Noncriminal Psychopathy: The Devil is in the Detail -- Understanding the Details
Criminal Psychopathy -- Noncriminal and Successful Psychopathy -- What Does It All Mean? -- References -- 4 The Assessment of Psychopathic Personality Across Settings -- Early Theoretical Conceptualisations and Measurement of Psychopathy -- The Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) -- Psychopathy Checklist-Screening Version (PCL:SV) -- The Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Revised (PPI-R) -- Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP) -- Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM) -- The Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (SRP-4) -- The Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale
The Short Dark Triad -- Elemental Psychopathy Assessment (EPA) -- Corporate Psychopathy Measures -- Business-Scan 360 -- Psychopathy Measure-Management Research Version -- The Corporate Personality Inventory -- Personality Assessment Instruments -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Empirical Findings Relating to Psychopathy -- The Complexity of the Psychopathy Construct -- Analysis of the PPI-R Factors/Subscales -- The Structure of the PPI-R -- Incarcerated and Forensic Sample Studies -- Community Sample Studies -- Summarising the PPI-R in Community and Forensic Studies
Relating PPI-R to Other Personality and Psychological Instruments -- Five-Factor Model -- Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R) -- Other Psychopathy Measures and the PPI-R -- Link Between PPI-R and Profession -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 A Critical Review of the Measurement of Potential Risk-Posing Personality Traits and Their Application in the Workplace -- Introduction -- Defining "Dark-Side" or Risk-Posing Personality Traits and Their Impact in the Workplace -- The Assessment of Potential Risk-Posing Personality Traits in the Workplace
Personality Measures-"Normal Range" or "Bright Side" Measures and the Case for the Assessment of Risk-Based Traits