Dr. Mary Ellen O’Toole is currently the Director of the Forensic Science Program at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Before that, she was a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for 28 years. For nearly fifteen of those years, she was a “profiler” in the Bureau’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, the Unit … Read more
We are excited to share our most recent Web Conversation with an Expert, Dr. Mary Ellen O’Toole. Dr. O’Toole spoke to us about her time with the Behavioural Analysis Unit of the FBI, as well as how psychopathy relates to the behavior of serial sexual killers. She also spoke about using her knowledge on psychopathy … Read more
On June 29th, Dr. Jacqueline Helfgott, Professor of Criminal Justice, Criminology & Forensics at Seattle University, spoke with us about her work on psychopathy and the criminal jstice system. Dr. Helfgott is also the Director of their Crime & Justice Research Center. Her research interests include criminal behavior, psychopathy, copycat crime, corrections/reentry, public safety, police-community … Read more
Dr. Angela Book is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, in Canada. She spoke to Dr. David Kosson about her investigations into the possibility that people with psychopathy function as social predators. Some of the topics she addresses include the question of whether people with psychopathy are: 1) good … Read more
Dr. Michael Koenigs is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Neuroscience & Public Policy Program. He spoke with Dr. Rhonda Freeman about the neurological underpinnings of psychopathy, including some of his own research into brain areas that are abnormal … Read more
Although psychopathy is receiving more and more intensive study in many parts of the world, most studies focus on understanding the causes of psychopathy or examining whether psychopathic traits predict criminal justice outcomes. Very few studies have directly addressed the impact of people with psychopathic traits on other people. However, Dr. Kasia Uzieblo, Ph.D., is … Read more
