The Clinical and Forensic Assessment of Psychopathy: A Practitioner's Guide - Paperback

Carl B. Gacono, PhD, ABAP, is a licensed psychologist who maintains a clinical and forensic private practice in Austin, Texas. Formerly at the Assessment Center Director at Atascadero State Hospital and later as the Chief Psychologist at the Federal Correctional Institution, Bastrop Texas, he has over 20 years of correctional and institutional experience. He is the co-author of "The Handbook of Forensic Rorschach Assessment," author of "The Clinical and Forensic Interview Schedule for The Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Revised and Screening Version," and has authored or co-authored over 85 scientific articles and book chapters. He is the 1994 recipient of the Samuel J. And Anne G. Beck Award for excellence in early career research and the 2000 Walter G. Klopfer Award. He is a member of the American Board of Assessment Psychology and a Fellow of the Society for Personality Assessment. A noted artist, Dr. Gacono has exhibited and sold his abstract impressionistic paintings and fauvist portraits and has had several of his paintings displayed on book covers (including this one).