The tangled web: Psychopathic personality, vulnerability and victim selection

Abstract

Brooks, NS ORCiD: 0000-0003-1784-099XThis chapter will explore the tendency of psychopathic individuals to deceive others, exploit vulnerability and target victims in pursuit of self-gain, examining the implications of this behaviour in the workplace. The evidence relating to the varied mechanisms that provide psychopaths with the ammunition to coerce, abuse and deceive is presented, based on both empirical studies and case reports