Female psychopath
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| A 2009 study by Coid et al. of a representative sample of British prisoners, unlike selected samples used in many other studies, found a prevalence of PCL-R > 30 in 7.7% of men and in 1.9% of women. | A 2009 study by Coid et al. of a representative sample of British prisoners, unlike selected samples used in many other studies, found a prevalence of PCL-R > 30 in 7.7% of men and in 1.9% of women. | ||
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| + | The 1941 book ''[[The Mask of Sanity]]'' by [[Hervey M. Cleckley]] has at least one account of a female psychopath, called Anna of whose intelligence Clekley says: | ||
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| :"More specific inquiry brought out opinions on Hamlet's essential conflict, comparison between the music of [[Brahms]] and the music of [[Shostakovitch]], an impressive criticism of [[On Women (Schopenhauer)|Schopenhauer's views on women]], and several pertinent references to [[The Brothers Karamazov]]." --''[[The Mask of Sanity]]'' | :"More specific inquiry brought out opinions on Hamlet's essential conflict, comparison between the music of [[Brahms]] and the music of [[Shostakovitch]], an impressive criticism of [[On Women (Schopenhauer)|Schopenhauer's views on women]], and several pertinent references to [[The Brothers Karamazov]]." --''[[The Mask of Sanity]]'' | ||
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A 2009 study by Coid et al. of a representative sample of British prisoners, unlike selected samples used in many other studies, found a prevalence of PCL-R > 30 in 7.7% of men and in 1.9% of women. ==
The 1941 book The Mask of Sanity by Hervey M. Cleckley has at least one account of a female psychopath, called Anna of whose intelligence Clekley says:
- "More specific inquiry brought out opinions on Hamlet's essential conflict, comparison between the music of Brahms and the music of Shostakovitch, an impressive criticism of Schopenhauer's views on women, and several pertinent references to The Brothers Karamazov." --The Mask of Sanity
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