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How to Spot a Sociopath

I finally got around to reading The Sociopath Next Door.  I wish I had read this years ago.  It's a must-read, and I encourage you to pick up a copy.  In The Sociopath Next Door, the author states what she believes is "the most reliable sign" that someone is a sociopath: [T]he best clue is, of all things, the pity play.... [G]ood people will let pathetic individuals get by with murder, so to speak, and therefore any socipath wishing to continue with his game, whatever is happens to be, should play repeatedly for ... pity. ... Sociopaths have no regard whatsoever for the social contract, but they do know how to use it to their advantage.  And all in all, I am sure that if the devil existed, he would want us to feel very sorry for him...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on January 21, 2008 (boomark / email).