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Helinä Häkkänen (born 26 April 1971 in Helsinki) is a Finnish psychologist (PhD) and psychotherapist who has studied violent behaviour, the legal system, narcissism and psychopathy and wrote the first Finnish textbook on the subject, Psykopatia. Working as both a criminal and legal psychologist and running a research group in 2002-2019, at the University of Helsinki, Häkkänen studied criminal behavior extensively She is considered one of Finland's chief experts in forensic psychiatry and legal psychology and has a prolific publishing record. She started her career in legal and criminal psychology at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) after which she ran a legal company. Since 2021, she has worked at Mindroot Ltd, her own company, which is specialized in providing psychological services for the legal industry and EMDR-therapy. She still co-operates with the NBI, local police and several other legal operators. Dr. Häkkänen has authored and edited four textbooks on the dark sides of human personality. Her next non-fiction book, a memoir "Profiloija" will be publisher by Bazar Publishing company in April 2025. It is the first memoir written by any European criminal profiler who has worked at the police. Her current work as an author focuses on psychology of greed, for which she received a grant from the Finnish Association for non-fiction writers.

Selected works

  • "Psychopathy, Homicide, and the Courts: Working the System" Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 36 No. 8 (August 2009), pp 761–777
  • "Finnish sexual homicides: Offence and offender characteristics" Forensic Science International, Vol. 188 No. 1 (2009), pp 125–130
  • "Homicides with Mutilation of the Victim's Body" Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol. 54 No. 4 (July 2009), pp 933–937
  • "Gender differences in Finnish homicide offence characteristics" Forensic Science International, Vol. 186 No. 1 (2009), pp 75–80
  • Psychopathy in Families: Implications for Clinical Interviews and Civil Proceedings Wiley Online Library
  • Psychopathy in Economical Crime, Organized Crime, and War Crimes Wiley Online Library
  • Psychopathy and law: a practitioner's guide Malden, Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell (2012)

References

  1. Oinaala, Sampsa (11 December 2014). "Parisuhdeväkivalta alkaa salakavalasti" (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Psychopathy and Law: A Practitioner's Guide". Wiley. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  3. ^ Salonen, Juha (21 November 2013). "Lapsia joutuu vaikeiden erojen pelinappuloiksi" (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Helsingin Sanomien. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  4. "Psykopatia". editapublishing (in Finnish). Finland. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

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