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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks (18 Aug 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0751508993
  • ISBN-13: 978-0751508994
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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Psychopaths move through life with supreme self confidence - but without a conscience. This book is a journey into the minds of these predatory people: it explores their shocking patterns and exposes one of the most frightening social problems affecting our lives today.
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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating and indispensible insight, 2 Oct 2003
By Mr. Robert J. Evans "Rob Evans" (Surrey, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths among Us (Paperback)
Robert Hare has delivered a fascinating insight into the terrifying world of the psychopath. Without Conscience is aimed at the layperson, as opposed to the academic, and is pitched perfectly. It is detailed enough to properly explain and simple enough to be intelligible to the average reader.

A concise background to the condition sets the scene before the main traits of the psychopath are revealed and explained along with pertinent anecdotes to demonstrate how these traits operate in practice. Hare also explores psychopathy in children and young adults, charting their development to adulthood as well as the pernicious influence of non-criminal psychopaths in the workplace.

This book is of particular importance because it brings the danger of psychopaths to the everyday reader who may well suffer at their hands in future, if they have not already. It appears that the public are largely ignorant to the extent of the threat posed by psychopaths because of ignorance to what a psychopath is, how many of them are out there and their incredible ability to appear to be what they are not.

Hare provides some strategies to combat the effect of psychopaths at close hand. While less than cast-iron (due to the nature of the disorder, not Hare’s writing) they might provide some assistance to people trying to cope with, or escape from one.

Hare goes on to mention how research is developing strategies to limit the negative behaviour of psychopaths. I look forward to reading the results in years to come.

A highly recommended read for anyone looking for a beginners insight to psychopathy or has been victimised by a psychopath.

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Second only to being taught by the great man himself., 15 Jun 2001
By weezy@ukgateway.net (Cambridge, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths among Us (Paperback)
This is an excellent resource book for those working in the criminal justice field and the lay person alike. With all the myths and hype surrounding the term "Psychopath" this text provides a realistic description of these disturbing and predatory individuals within our society. I defy anyone to read this and not wonder if it's someone they know...
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Now I Can Understand Why He . . ., 14 Jun 1999
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This review is from: Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths among Us (Paperback)
All too frequently, we're confronted by people who do and say things that are beyond belief in their negative impact. And we're left wondering how these people can sleep at night...how they can live with themselves after doing or saying these things. Dr. Hare's book "Without Conscience" answers the question brilliantly. They simply lack the kind of conscience normal people have. What a scary fact! Without resorting to titillating details of psychopathic depredations, Dr. Hare writes lucidly, authoritatively and with a readability normally reserved to best-selling novels. A must-read, especially in these times when psychopathic behavior has become, in some unfortunate quarters, "cool."
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2.0 out of 5 stars A superficial book about psychopaths
There are people without conscience among us. And our society is really becoming increasingly tolerant of the psychopathic personality, enabling true psychopaths to hide out... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jyriii

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete and easy-to read book about unhumane people!
Although at times a bit technical, this is fairly and easy read book with lots of examples and summaries which helps any laic to have a full idea about psychopaths. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful, informative and important!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A revelation
For years I puzzled over my ex wifes lack of concern for the children and how she used them to manipulate others, lying for no reason and her amazing lack of concern for others... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Educate yourself and read this book!
Highly recommended to read. Hare deals with the serious subject of psychopathy in a thorough way and covers all the essentials. Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat Sensationalist
All in all I found this to be a convincing argument for the biological nature of some criminality, and the possibility of threshold non crimimal immorality derived from the same... Read more
Published on 20 July 2006 by Ms. S. A. Marsden

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful non-judgmental introduction to psychopathy
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