Paul Babiak, PhD & Robert Hare, PhD: Snakes in Suits: When psychopaths go to work

I came across Snakes in Suits as a further recommended reading whilst delving into Hare's Without Conscience. Since I have read both books, I found that Snakes in Suits repeated a good majority of the messages that had been relayed in Without Conscience. For example, the personality characteristics of a psychopaths and approaching a dangerous situation that you may find yourself in.

However, Babiak and Hare introduce some additional information. The reader is taught how to differentiate between narcissistic personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder and another term they used, that I do not quite understand yet, 'Machiavellian' rather than just explaining the difference between psychopaths and sociopaths.

Furthermore, Snakes in Suits, provides a semi-detailed informative piece on how a psychopath is diagnosed. For instance, the points system is explained as well as the introduction of the Psychopathy Check List: Screening Version which is also discussed; all of which provides a valuable insight for budding psychology students. Personally, these snickets of information have given me the groundwork to research further into the forensic side of psychology.

Overall, the book contains a lot of business practices that may be more beneficial to those who have an interest in business matters with particular focus on psychopaths and difficult colleagues. The authors switch between, what is in essence, story telling and the nitty gritty facts which is refreshing to the reader, breaking down the long haul of reading potentially academic wording. 

Personally, when choosing which book to read, it should have been a choice between Snakes in Suits OR Without Conscience, not both. Both have their benefits, but for what I was looking for (general reading on the topic area prior to starting my first year at university), in my opinion, Without Conscience was much more fulfilling.

Final note: If you are hard of reading, for example dyslexic as I am, there are proof-reading errors in the book which make some parts difficult to understand; such as, replaced words, their instead of there and wrong names in conversations between numerous characters - all adding to the difficulties faced when you are not a confident reader.