The Psychopath Test

So, I began this book thinking it was fiction from the summary on the back of the book. About 30% of the way in I figured out that it was not when I decided to google one of the names Jon Ronson mentions so far. Then, because of my perception of nonfiction books I immediately began to dislike all of these anecdotal stories about weird people, strange people, and all of the people he encounters trying to decipher this mess of psychopathy and psychology and the business of madness.

Well then it got interesting. For someone who is studying to be a forensic psychologist the topic of psychopathy is a goldmine for me. I particularly enjoyed reading seemingly candid takes of what Robert Hare (the creator of the PCL-R) thought about psychopathy and his discussion with Spitzer about how labeling is ruining society. This was an interesting take on the field that I'm going into and I was really interested in his presentation of both sides.