Psychopathy as Unified Theory of Crime

Matt DeLisi is Coordinator of Criminal Justice Studies, Professor in the Department of Sociology, and Faculty Affiliate of the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University, USA. DeLisi is among the most prolific criminologists in the world with over 300 scholarly publications and is co-founding member of the Biosocial Criminology Research Group. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Criminal Justice, the leading criminology journal in the world, and Fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

• Chapter 1: Why Psychopathy as Unified Theory of Crime?.- Chapter 2: Psychopathy, Its Etiology, and the Nature of Crime.- Chapter 3: Psychopathy, Assessment, and the Structure of Crime.- Chapter 4: Psychopathy and the Life-Course.- Chapter 5: Psychopathy and Criminal Offenders.- Chapter 6: Psychopathy and Biosocial Criminology.- Chapter 7: Psychopathy and the Criminal Justice System.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.