"It started to occur to me that these traits aren't just confined to an underworld. These traits appear in all aspects of our lives. These people could be in our families, or living next door. They're the trolls online. They're at work, at school, leading our institutions and our countries."
"Instead of being specific conditions that one either has or hasn't, psychopathy and other personality disorders are now thought to exist on a continuum. It is estimated that 1% of the general population have clinical levels of psychopathy (scoring highly on the PCL-R, the psychopathy checklist assessment commonly used for diagnosis)."
Dr. Leanne ten Brinke's career in forensic psychology began after a disturbing encounter with a probable psychopath during volunteer work at a parole office in Halifax. While most released sex offenders showed genuine remorse, one individual treated the rehabilitation program as entertainment and deliberately intimidated her. This experience redirected her research focus toward understanding dark personalities—psychopathy, narcissism, machiavellianism, and sadism—which she recognized exist beyond criminal populations. Ten Brinke discovered these traits manifest throughout society in families, workplaces, schools, politics, business, and media. As an associate professor at the University of British Columbia, she emphasizes that psychopathy and personality disorders exist on a continuum rather than as binary conditions, with approximately 1% of the general population meeting clinical diagnostic criteria.
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