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Are Psychopaths As Dangerous As The Legal System Believes?

todayFebruary 14, 2026

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For decades, judicial systems in North America have been using formal assessments to identify these psychopathic individuals. Scoring high on these tests can lead to harsher sentencing and exclusion from rehabilitation programs based on the controversial belief that such inmates cannot be changed. However, our expert pushes back against these procedures and discusses what modern research is revealing about psychopathy.

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  • Rasmus Larsen, forensic epistemologist & assistant professor, University of Toronto, author, Psychopathy Unmasked

Another reason why the system wants to identify psychopaths is because there’s been a belief that these offenders can never be reformed.

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