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"Bad Boys, Bad Men"

Confronting Antisocial Personality Disorder

Donald W. Black, Donald W. Black and C. Lindon Larson


  • '...The book's strength is that it is written in a style accessible to the lay person.' David Pilgrim, The Times Higher Education Supplement
  • 'Bad Boys, Bad Men, is engaging and written in a language reminiscent of a true-crime novel or detective fiction masquerading as a scholarly work. The book will satisfy the intelligent layperson and is appropriate to a general readership'.
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Lurking Threat: Antisocial Personality Disorder and Society 2. Searching for Answers: The Evolving Psychiatric View of Antisocial Personality Disorder 3. Bad Boys to Bad Men: The Symptoms of Antisocial Personality Disorder 4. Naming the Problem: The Diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder 5. Divergent Paths: The Natural History of Antisocial Personality Disorder 6. Seeds of Despair: The Causes of Antisocial Personality Disorder 7. Overcoming Antisocial Personality Disorder: Options for Treatment 8. Power and Pretense: The Hidden Antisocials 9. The Antisocial Murderer: Gacy and Others 10. Antisocial Personality Disorder and Families: Finding Ways to Cope Epilogue: Dispelling the Myths Notes Recommended Readings Index
Donald W. Black and C. Lindon Larson
"A clear and thorough account of the current scientific understanding of a baffling condition, Bad Boys, Bad Men will appeal to those interested in the origins of repetitive criminal behavior. The book will be of especial use to the families of the antisocial."--Peter D. Kramer, author of Listening to Prozac and Should You Leave? |k No