Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence

Mary McMurran is Professor of Personality Disorder Research at the University of Nottingham. She is series editor for the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology and her previous books include Motivating Offenders to Change, commended by the BMA. She is co-editor of Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health and associate editor of both The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology and Legal and Criminological Psychology. She received the Senior Award for Significant Lifetime Contribution from the British Psychological Society in 2005. Richard Howard is Senior Research Fellow at The Peaks Academic and Research Unit at Rampton Hospital in the UK, and Reader in Personality Disorder Research at the University of Nottingham.

• About the Editors viiList of Contributors ixSeries Editors' Preface xiiiPreface xviiINTRODUCTION 11 Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence: An Introduction 3Mary McMurran, University of Nottingham, UK2 The 'Functional Link' Between Personality Disorder and Violence: A Critical Appraisal 19Conor Duggan and Richard Howard, University of Nottingham, UKPART I TRAITS 393 A Systematic Review of the Relationship Between Childhood Impulsiveness and Later Violence 41Darrick Jolliffe, University of Leicester, UK and David P Farrington, University of Cambridge, UK4 The 'Big Five': Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness as an Organisational Scheme for Thinking About Aggression and Violence 63Vincent Egan, School of Psychology, University of Leicester, UK5 Narcissism 85Caroline Logan, Ashworth Hospital, UK6 Subtypes of Psychopath 113Ronald Blackburn, University of Liverpool, UK7 Antisocial Personality Disorder 133Stephane A De Brito and Sheilagh Hodgins, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UKPART II AFFECT 1558 The Neurobiology of Affective Dyscontrol: Implications for Understanding 'Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder' 157Rick Howard, University of Nottingham, UK9 The Processing of Emotional Expression Information in Individuals with Psychopathy 175R. James R. Blair, National Institute of Mental Health, USA10 Angry Affect, Aggression and Personality Disorder 191Kevin Howells, University of Nottingham, UK11 Attachment Difficulties 213Anthony R. Beech and Ian J. Mitchell, University of Birmingham, UK12 Empathy and Offending Behavior 229William L. Marshall, Liam E. Marshall and Geris A. Serran, Rockwood Psychological Services, CanadaPART III COGNITION 24513 Psychopathic Violence: A Cognitive-Attention Perspective 247Jennifer E. Vitale, Hampden-Sydney College, USA and Joseph P. Newman, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA14 Social Problem Solving, Personality Disorder and Violence 265Mary McMurran, University of Nottingham, UK15 Criminal Thinking 281Glenn D. Walters, Federal Correctional Institution-Schuylkill, USACONCLUSION 29716 Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence: Implications For Future Research and Practice 299Mary McMurran and Richard Howard, University of Nottingham, UKIndex 313