Mental health LolWhite collar scammers on Howe St have been considered the worst of the worst. These are people with a stunning lack of conscience,” Hare said. “The inner voice that says ‘I should not do this’ is not there.” Hare, with the help of more than three dozen graduate students over the years, has registered one breakthrough after another in understanding why criminal psychopaths are capable of committing such acts.
Hare has also gained great insight into cold-blooded predatory behaviour in noncriminal populations, insight that suggests the disorder called psychopathy is present in one in every 100 people.
In his lectures, he says there appear to be higher-than-normal percentages of psychopaths working in certain areas—such as law, politics, psychiatry, stock-market promotion, and even professional wrestling—where a gift of the gab and an ability to camouflage one’s true intentions can yield tremendous rewards.
“If you do catch them out in a colossal lie, they’re not going to be particularly upset by it. They’ll have a ready explanation,” Hare said. “If things get too tricky, they’ll simply pack up and move on.”