Dr. Angela Book, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. She is also involved in the Forensic Psychology and Criminal Justice program that combines psychology, law, and criminology to provide a multi-disciplinary perspective on issues relating to crime and criminal justice. Her research focuses on psychopathy and victimization, including how psychopathic individuals judge vulnerability and the ways in which they manipulate and exploit those around them.
In her answers, Dr. Book discusses her research addressing how people with psychopathic traits identify potential victims, including their ability to read body language. She also talks about her work related to the hypothesis that people with psychopathic traits have developed behaviors that help them to get away with violating social expectations and the rights of others (the Cheater-Hawk Hypothesis).
