Interesting new work applying the newest understanding of narcissistic personaliy disorder to serial killer profiles. This will impact profiling, interviewing and understanding of what makes serial killers tick:
"They used a specific coding scheme based on two psychological models: the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Concept and the Vulnerable Isolation and Enmity Concept."
#Crime #SerialKiller #Narcissism
https://www.psypost.org/analysis-of-45-serial-killers-sheds-new-light-on-the-dark-psychology-of-sexually-motivated-murderers/
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