Sociopaths and Psychopaths: A Crisis of Conscience and Empathy

What is the difference between a sociopath and a psychopath? How many psychopaths are there in the world? Is my neighbor a sociopath? Is there such a thing as a successful psychopath? How does Antisocial Personality Disorder relate?

In this book, Dr. Max Wachtel explores all of these questions (and more). He relies on the most up-to-date research to provide an intimate portrait of the sociopaths amongst us, and he uses humor to keep it moving along.

This is not designed to be a self-help book...plenty of those already exist. But, if you are interested in learning about what makes a particularly devious portion of our population tick, this book is for you. You will walk away with a deep understanding of just how messed up sociopaths and psychopaths can be. You will understand the importance of empathy in our lives, and you will begin to wonder if some people truly can't help being evil.

Dr. Max Wachtel is a forensic psychologist in practice in Denver, Colorado. He has evaluated thousands of criminals, including his fair share of psychopaths. He taught graduate level classes at the University of Denver for 12 years. He is also the 9News psychologist at KUSA-TV in Denver, and he is the behavioral profiler on the CBS show Hunted.