Lydia Benecke - The Psychology of Evil

This lecture explores the emotional and mental world of psychopaths - both those who committed crimes that made headlines and those who live among us without criminal activity.

Is Hannibal Lecter truly the prototype of a psychopath? Do all psychopaths need to kill? How does criminal psychology determine whether someone is a psychopath? How does a psychopathic personality develop? How do some serial-killer psychopaths manage to lead inconspicuous lives as loving fathers and friendly neighbours for decades? Why don't all psychopaths become criminals? How much "evil" lurks in "normal" people?

Lydia Benecke addresses these and other questions in her lecture. A gripping journey into the world of criminal psychology.