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After the learned expert had given his testimony the Judge asked, ‘The n sir, i take by the evidence you have just given under oath, that the finding of a diagnosis of Psychopathy is dependent in large part on whether the subject of your assessment was born.’
An Evolutionary Model of Depression, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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According to Wikipedia: Psychopathy is most commonly assessed with [Robert D. Hare's Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)], which is a clinical rating scale with 20 items.
Kim Cranston: Which of Our Leaders Are Psychopaths? A Voter and Shareholder Guide Kim Cranston 2010
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According to Wikipedia: Psychopathy is most commonly assessed with [Robert D. Hare's Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)], which is a clinical rating scale with 20 items.
Kim Cranston: Which of Our Leaders Are Psychopaths? A Voter and Shareholder Guide Kim Cranston 2010
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According to Wikipedia: Psychopathy is most commonly assessed with [Robert D. Hare's Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)], which is a clinical rating scale with 20 items.
Kim Cranston: Which of Our Leaders Are Psychopaths? A Voter and Shareholder Guide Kim Cranston 2010
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I will use the terms Psychopathy and Torture interchangeably ...
Signs of the Times 2008
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A test developed by psychologist Robert Hare called the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised, or PCL-R, is widely used in the criminal justice system -- before trial, during sentencing and even in parole and death-penalty decisions -- to evaluate a person's psychopathic tendencies.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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A test developed by psychologist Robert Hare called the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised, or PCL-R, is widely used in the criminal justice system - before trial, during sentencing and even in parole decisions - to evaluate a person's psychopathic tendencies.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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The, by Jennifer Skeem, a forensic psychologist at the University of California, Irvine, and psychologist David Cooke of Glasgow Caledonian University, is critical of a widely used diagnostic tool developed by Hare called Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (
News 2010
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* Psychopathy was, until 1980, the term used for a personality disorder characterized by an abnormal lack of empathy combined with strongly amoral conduct but masked by an ability to appear outwardly normal.
Kim Cranston: Which of Our Leaders Are Psychopaths? A Voter and Shareholder Guide Kim Cranston 2010
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* Psychopathy was, until 1980, the term used for a personality disorder characterized by an abnormal lack of empathy combined with strongly amoral conduct but masked by an ability to appear outwardly normal.
Kim Cranston: Which of Our Leaders Are Psychopaths? A Voter and Shareholder Guide Kim Cranston 2010
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