Helinä Häkkänen (formerly Häkkänen-Nyholm; born 26 April 1971 in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

) is a Finnish psychologist who has studied

narcissism Narcissism is a self-centered personality style characterized as having an excessive interest in one's physical appearance or image and an excessive preoccupation with one's own needs, often at the expense of others. Narcissism exists on a co ...

and

psychopathy Psychopathy, sometimes considered synonymous with sociopathy, is characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egotistical traits. Different conceptions of psychopathy have been ...

and wrote the first Finnish textbook on the subject, ''Psykopatia''. Working as both a criminal psychologist and an associate professor, at the

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ...

, Häkkänen-Nyholm studies criminal behavior and the risk factors associated with it. 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. Her current work as an author focuses on psychology of greed and how greed can ruin family businesses.

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)

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WorldCat Publications List
1971 births Living people Finnish women writers Finnish psychologists Finnish women psychologists Academic staff of the University of Helsinki {{Finland-bio-stub