The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us by Martha Stout

The most disturbing and disappointing thing about this topic is that treatment rarely works, since the sociopath doesn't recognize or accept that his disorder is a problem.

To get your wheels turning, here are some familiar fictional sociopaths:
► Annie Wilkes-Misery
► Hannibal Lecter-The Silence of the Lambs
► Jason Dean-Heathers
► Mickey & Mallory Knox-Natural Born Killers
► Patrick Bateman-American Psycho
► Tom Ripley-The Talented Mr. Ripley

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Profile of a Sociopath
http://home.datawest.net/esn-recovery/ar...

USC Study Finds Faulty Wiring in Psychopaths
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...

Serial Killers as a Cultural Construct
http://samvak.tripod.com/serialkillers.h...

Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder: A Case of Diagnostic Confusion
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p960239....

The Mayo Clinic: What is a sociopath?
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=...

MedLine Plus: Antisocial personality disorder
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/...

*Source: http://www.grohol.com/psypsych/Antisocia...