Posts Tagged ‘antisocial behavior’

January 24. 2012 | Jim Silver

Why Do I Work With Psychopaths?

“How can you stand working with psychopaths?” is a question I sometimes hear when people find out that I’m criminal lawyer.  And, yes, over the years, I’ve prosecuted and represented people who’ve done pretty bad things, but I still find the question fascinating because of the assumptions behind it – that all criminals are psychopaths (they’re not) and that all psychopaths are criminals (they’re not). Depending on how well I know the person, I might respond: “How can you stand working…