Psychopathy test used in Canadian courts unreliable, prone to bias, study finds

A psychological assessment test often used to evaluate psychopathy in Canadian criminal cases is unreliable and prone to unconscious bias on the part of expert witnesses, according to research from ...

This made-in-Canada ‘psychopath test’ doesn’t work and has no place in courts, major study finds

We should probably consider a complete moratorium on these types of assessments,” says U of T researcher Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen.
Psychology Today

The Psychopath Test, Examined

Robert L. Roberson III was scheduled for execution in Texas on October 16. He won a stay, but the case isn't over. He was convicted of the murder of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis. The ...
Time

Q&A: When You Go Hunting for Psychopaths, They Turn Up Everywhere

Psychologist Robert Hare’s Psychopathy Checklist is the most widely used diagnostic tool to identify psychopathy — not only in prisons and institutions. If you give the test to CEOs or other corporate ...

Murder: Staged promises an evening of true crime and a live psychopath test

Murder: Staged is coming to Reading Rep Theatre on Thursday, March 26, and promises a night of true crime and a live ...
University of Toronto

Psychopathy test used in Canadian courts unreliable, prone to bias: Study

A psychological assessment test often used to evaluate psychopathy in Canadian criminal cases is unreliable and prone to unconscious bias on the part of expert witnesses, according to research from ...