Can Psychopaths Work Together?

Psychology Today | 07.06.2026 00:44
Psychopaths usually do not get along well with each other. But sometimes there are occasions when this happens. According to preeminent psychopathy expert Dr. Robert Hare, “Occasionally, psychopaths become temporary partners in crime—a grim symbiosis with unfortunate consequences for other people.”1 One psychopath acts while the other abets and enables the other.