According to Martha Stout, author of The Sociopath Next door, 4% of the population (1 in 25 people) are psycopaths or sociopaths.  What is psychopathy or sociopathy?  In short, it is the condition of missing conscience.

Dr. Martha Stout states that according to the bible of psychiatric labels, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Discorders IV, the clinical diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder should be considered when an individual possesses at least three of the following characteristics: → continue reading 4% among us are psychopaths or sociopaths | The Sociopath Next Door