Sexual forensics : lust, passion, and psychopathic killers

Jacobs, Donald Trent 1946- (author.). Portales, Ashleigh. (Added Author).

Summary: Provides a fascinating examination of "neurotruths" that are relevant and applicable to 21st-century parenting and social relationships, and explains workplace "brainmarks" that enable predictive solutions to practical problems. Author Don Jacobs, a researcher who has been studying psychopathy for over 25 years, describes how psychopathy has evolved as a brain condition, documenting how the vast majority of the spectrum represents normalcy, and only 20 to 30 percent of humankind characterizes corruptors or violent, pathological individuals. The book examines examples of individuals who have demonstrated significant achievement, influence, wealth, or corruptive behavior in differently abled profiles, and provides student autobiographies that enable rare scientific insights into the adolescent state of mind.

Record details

ISBN: 9781440804304 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 1440804303 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781440804311 (ebook)
Physical Description: print
x, 168 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LCC, [2014]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-156) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I [1]. Sexual forensics -- Chapter 1. Degrees of pedigrees -- Chapter 2. Screaming red flags -- Chapter 3. Sexual forensics and the neurospectrum -- Chapter 4. The "psychopath alarm" and why it fails -- Part II [2]. The story behind the story -- Chapter 5. Passionate brainmarks -- Chapter 6. Modulating brainmarks -- Chapter 7. Neuroglia, paralimbic system, and "the gut" -- Chapter 8. Two puberties and what men know, but don't know -- Part III [3]. Giving it a go with a psycho -- Chapter 9. Je ne sais quoi -- Chapter 10. Evolution of the prefrontal cortex -- Chapter 11. The rise of neurotruth -- Epilogue. Corruptive psychopaths.