Help protect yourself from victimization by psychopaths.
by Marisa Mauro, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Certain personality traits may create better perpetrators and, unfortunately certain cues may create better victims. In a study by Wheeler, Book and Costello of Brock University, individuals who self reported more traits associated with psychopathy were more apt to correctly identify individuals with a history of victimization. In the study, male student participants examined video tapes of twelve individuals walking from behind and rated the ease at which each could be mugged.
