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Richard Howard was educated at Whitgift School, Croydon and at St Catherine's College, Oxford, UK, where he read philosophy and psychology. His early research was carried out at an English special hospital and was published in 1982 under the title Event-related brain potentials in personality and psychopathology. His subsequent research has focused on personality disorders in offenders, with a particular emphasis on violent offending. He has authored or co-authored about 150 published papers and book chapters. He co-edited Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence (2009) and co-authored Antisocial Personality: Theory, Research, Treatment (2022). Currently living in Wiesbaden, Germany, he remains affiliated to the Institute of Mental Health in Nottingham, UK, and continues to write scientific articles on personality disorders, latterly with a focus on treatment.'The sphere of studies that encompass personality, personality difficulties and personality disorder is wide-ranging and extremely complex. Here, Richard Howard clarifies and disentangles these complexities in a readable yet comprehensive account of the topic. Not only that, but he offers an innovative perspective on the development of 'aberrations' in personality development. His approach encompasses traits, adaptations, values and context in a holistic manner, that is understandable yet far from simplistic. This book will be of interest to a range of readers, including clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, probation staff, social workers, those in postgraduate professional training, researchers, and policy makers. In particular, Dr Howard's perspective may well inform strategies for prevention, an all-important use to which knowledge in this area could be put. His work is erudite and evidence-based, presenting a coherent picture of a multi-faceted area of considerable health, societal and economic importance.'Mary McMurran, PhD,Visiting Professor, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK