The Myth of the Born Criminal : Psychopathy, Neurobiology, and the Creation of the Modern Degenerate.

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1 The Moral Foundations of Psychopathy -- Science, Religion, and the Enlightenment -- On the Benefits of Being Unclear -- 2 The First Golden Age: Degeneration -- The Nineteenth Century -- Degeneracy -- Psychopathy and Degeneration -- The Adjustable Degeneracy Portfolio -- 3 The Second Golden Age: Psychopathy -- The Consensus -- Psychopathy and Law -- 4 The Politics of Psychopathy -- Violent Crime -- Serial Murder -- Politics of Crime Science -- 5 The Adjustable Psychopathy Portfolio -- The Corporate Psychopath -- Psychopaths, Politics, and Power -- The Internet -- Degenerate Society -- The Useful Psychopath -- 6 The Culture of Psychopathy -- Psychopathy as Cultural Critique -- Psychopathy as Identity -- Part II -- 7 The Language of Persuasion -- Medical Terminology -- Dangerous knowledge -- Public Emergency -- The Historical Psychopath -- Concept Flexibility -- Equivocation -- Paradoxes and Red Herrings -- 8 Neurobiology and Psychopathy -- Patient Zero -- Neurobiological Theories of Psychopathy -- Patient Zero Revisited -- 9 Conclusion: The Parlour Game -- On Sex and Litigation -- The Harm -- The Reptilian Stare -- On Making Too Much Sense -- Appendix A: Morality and Psychopathy -- Appendix B: The Psychometrics of Psychopathy: On Factor Structures and Heritability Coefficients -- The Structure of Psychopathy -- On Technique and Metaphysics -- The Genetic Basis of Psychopathy -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

A stunning merger of rigorous science and clear-sighted cultural analysis, The Myth of the Born Criminalis for anyone who wonders just what truth - or fiction - lurks behind the study of psychopathy.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.