Creating Conscience, Part 3: A history of treating the psychopath




Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights) show

Summary: We're all familiar with the idea of the "bad seed". Incorrigible children and unruly adolescents who later commit terrible crimes. Over the last decade, they've increasingly been referred to as psychopaths. But unlike the way their adult counterparts are viewed, there's renewed hope that younger people with psychopathic traits can be redeemed.