Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence: Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology

'This book makes a timely and important contribution to the field of forensic psychology, exploring the relationship between personality disorder, traits, cognition and affect and antisocial and criminal behaviour. The internationally respected authors are expert sin their fields. Finding constructive approaches that reduce offending behaviours is in everyone's interest.' - Professor Kate Davidson

New in the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology, Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence takes an evidence-based look at personality traits and types of psychological functioning that may contribute to personality disorder and violence, and the connections that lie between them.

Each chapter tackles a specific area of personality or psychological functioning and is theoretically based, including a developmental perspective, discussion of what should be assessed for gauging risk and evaluating risk reduction, and an outline of effective treatments. Personality traits covered include impulsivity, aggressiveness, narcissism, and The Big Five (neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness). Psychological functioning analysis includes neuroaffective processing, emotion recognition and empathy deficits. The book concludes with implications for research and practice.