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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 policehttps://www.bazarkustannus.fi/kirja/profiloija/. 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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