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The Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us

Martha Stout ' Ph .D.

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Book design by Ellen Cipriano Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stout, Martha, 1953The sociopath next door : the ruthless versus the rest of us I Martha Stout-1st ed. p. em. 1. Psychopaths. 2. Antisocial personality disorders. I. Title. RC555.S76 2004 616.85'82-