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The man who gets into the minds of psychopaths

By Samantha Murphy

16 February 2011

Kent Kiehl

Kent Kiehl delves into the minds of psychopaths

Mark Peterman

When visits some of the most dangerous prisoners in US jails, he doesn’t just go to talk. He’s there to find out what’s different about the way their brains work. He tells Samantha Murphy what insights this has revealed about the origins of psychopathic behaviour – and what they could mean for future treatment

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I wanted to know how some individuals come to be psychopaths. One thing that motivated me was that I grew up just down the street…

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