Young, violent and dangerous to know : the brain of the serial killer -- Autistic psychopathy -- General psychopathy and criminal autistic psychopathy -- Asperger's syndrome/criminal autistic psychopathy and violence -- Criminal autistic psychopathy and general psychopathy as a disorder of self -- Psychological aspects of (autistic) psychopathy -- Brain/psychopathy/autistic psychopathy -- Evil and ethics -- Dopamine and other neurochemicals, hormones and cross cultural issues -- Serial killers -- Female serial killers are rare -- Treatment or incarceration? -- Case histories of male serial killers and criminal autistic pyscopathy -- Case histories of female killers -- Conclusion