Inside the Psychopathic Mind

In this episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Corey Schroeder, who is a Latent Print Analyst with the California Department of Justice. We delve into different forensic services, dispelled movie and TV show myths about forensic science, discuss crime scenes and cold cases, and how best to handle this type of work.

Corey's career in latent prints and crime scene investigation began 30 years ago. He started at the Fresno Police Department and is currently with the California Dept. of Justice. Corey is also an instructor in the Forensic 113 program at CSU Fresno, is a member of numerous forensic groups, serves as a technical lead for the latent print program and a subject matter expert for the office of human resources. Additionally, he is an instructor for Uncover Forensics and lectures nationwide as well as overseas. Corey is certified as a latent print examiner by the International Association for Identification and has given expert testimony in 12 counties in the state of California as well as US Federal Court in Fresno and US Federal Court in Reno. To sum it up, Corey is a professional crime fighter.

*Corey's views are his own and don’t necessarily reflect the views of the California Department of Justice.

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Dennis Davis, who talks about his current Psychology work with a law firm and HR. He also discusses his previous work as a Police Psychologist and what that job entailed. Lastly, we give an overview of the Jeffrey Dahmer case and how Dennis was able to help support the police and the community in Milwaukee following Dahmer's arrest.

Dennis A. Davis, Ph.D., is the National Director of Client Training for Ogletree Deakins, P.C... Dr. Davis is a dynamic and experienced speaker. He developed the BEHAVIORAL RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, intended to help organizations reduce the risk and exposure of inappropriate behavior in the workplace, and HR ON-LINE; a web-based supplement to Human Resources departments. Dr. Davis is a nationally recognized expert in the areas of Harassment and Discrimination, Stress Inoculation and Reduction, Professional Interaction, Conflict Resolution, and Organizational Motivation. In addition, He has conductive extensive trainings in the area of Professionalism and Mental Health, which emphasizes the need for professionals to take care of their mental health so that they can be present professionally. Dr. Davis has conducted Executive Coaching sessions with executives from a wide variety of disciplines. These coaching sessions are intended to help executives develop appropriate coping strategies for their high-stress and complex work lives and minimize maladaptive and dangerous coping mechanisms. He has conducted extensive Behavioral Risk Management training for university personnel, government agencies, and private corporations across the United States. Dr. Davis holds a Ph.D., MA, and BA in psychology. His research interests include societal violence; workplace motivation; influencing human behavior; and social tolerance.

n this episode we are again joined by Michael Schiøth. We talk about psychopathy in children and adolescents. We also delved into the Youth Version of the PCL-R, how it is used, and how psychopathy is assessed in this population.

In this episode, we discuss personality disorders to include paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal. We discuss Bryan Kohberger, what made some of the details novel in the case, and highlight any psychopathy that may be present.

In this episode, we discuss Wade Wilson aka the Deadpool Killer. We discussed his crimes and history and link them to PCL-R items to provide a way for people to think about psychopathy that they see in the media. We discuss his link to Deadpool as well as discuss hybristophilia which is present in his case.

In this episode, we are joined again by Michael Schiøth where he discuss his work with sex offenders in Greenland. We discuss prevalence, personality traits, possible reasons for the behavior and what treatment looks like. Additionally, we will be writing an article comparing his sample to a USA sample and we discuss what that may look like.

In this episode, we are joined again by Dr. Michael Segal. We deep dive into some biases, logical fallacies, and thinking errors people present with female offenders. We go through some myths about female psychopaths to better help our listeners.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/monograph/9780128233726/understanding-female-offenders

In this episode, we are joined again by Dr. Tod Roy and we discuss the seriousness of postpartum depression, insanity cases, and how Andrea Yates despite the crime would not be considered psychopathic. We also discuss the legal experts in the case and where the story is today.

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Michael Segal. He has worked a psychologist and Warden in federal prison settings as well as a probation officer. He provides his unique insights to these various roles and how he helps manage and educate those around him to psychopathy. He also discusses gender differences he has seen from his experiences.

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Cynthia Mathieu an expert on psychopathy in workplaces and on the corporate psychopath. We discuss her work, the harm these individuals cause, discuss some possible thoughts on female corporate psychopaths, and the consequences corporate psychopaths face.

Dr. Cynthia Mathieu is an industrial-organizational psychologist and Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the University of Québec in Canada. She studies and has published research on psychopathy and other dark personalities in the workplace, leadership, toxic workplace culture, and employee well-being. She consults with organizations and teaches on corporate psychopathy, employee selection, mental health in the workplace, organizational fraud, dark leadership, and work culture. She has been invited to speak for various organizations, including the Conference Board of Canada, the Canadian federal government, the US government, the European Central Bank, the Retail Council of Canada, and Facebook. She is the author of the book Dark Personalities in the Workplace, regularly posts on LinkedIn and YouTube, and hosts a podcast titled Healing Workplaces. She also has a new book coming out in the fall titled Toxic Workplaces.

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