The Clinical and Forensic Assessment of Psychopathy

Up to date, encyclopedic in coverage, informed by top experts in the field, yet easily accessible for the working clinician, Clinical and Forensic Assessment of Psychopathy is a handbook in the best sense of the word: suitable for multidimensional evaluation, description, and understanding psychopathic  children, adolescents, and adults. Chapters on the “lived experience” and criminal lifestyle of psychopathic personalities are unprecedented in the forensic literature. The contributions on “Clinical Issues and Applications” are superb.―Marvin W. Acklin, PhD, ABAP, ABPP, Independent Clinical & Forensic Practice, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Dr. Gacono has brought together a stellar group of experts to produce a fresh revision of his classic Clinician’s Guide to assessment of psychopathy. New topics, important updates; it's all here for the practitioner. Clinicians, law enforcement and judicial professionals, and the general public almost always misunderstand these people; this second edition will go a long way toward educating and illuminating our colleagues with the latest on the subject.―William H. Reid, M.D., M.P.H., Forensic psychiatrist, Author, The Psychopath: A Comprehensive Study of Antisocial Disorders and Behaviors

Carl B. Gacono, PhD, ABAP, is a licensed psychologist who maintains a clinical and forensic private practice in Austin, Texas. Formerly at the Assessment Center Director at Atascadero State Hospital and later as the Chief Psychologist at the Federal Correctional Institution, Bastrop Texas, he has over 20 years of correctional and institutional experience. He is the co-author of “The Handbook of Forensic Rorschach Assessment,” author of “The Clinical and Forensic Interview Schedule for The Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Revised and Screening Version,” and has authored or co-authored over 85 scientific articles and book chapters. He is the 1994 recipient of the Samuel J. And Anne G. Beck Award for excellence in early career research and the 2000 Walter G. Klopfer Award. He is a member of the American Board of Assessment Psychology and a Fellow of the Society for Personality Assessment. A noted artist, Dr. Gacono has exhibited and sold his abstract impressionistic paintings and fauvist portraits and has had several of his paintings displayed on book covers (including this one).