In summary, studies reveal three main ways in which psychopaths can be viewed. There are psychopath experts who consider psychopaths to be violent, those who usually consider them non-violent and high-functioning, and others who believe they are non-violent, but take the opportunity to take advantage of unsuspecting people in criminal ways. Psychopaths are mostly nonviolent and highly functional, but they have a tendency to use people for their own benefit in ways that society does not consider legal or moral. However, the show Dexter perpetuates a problematic cultural myth that all psychopaths are relentless violent criminals. In reality, there are many more non-violent, high-functioning psychopaths in our global society than many might assume after watching Dexter. Within Dexter, the show provides countless examples of how popular culture perpetuates the cultural myth that psychopaths are violent and have the ability to instill fear in society. An example of this myth perpetuated in the show Dexter is seen through Dexter's brother, Brian Moser. Moser, also known as the Ice Truck Killer, is presented as a complex individual capable of imitating society's norms and killing innocents at the same time. When Dexter finally discovers the connection between himself and the ice truck killer he is hunting, he finally understands the reasons behind Moser's ruthless dismemberment of the individuals because he too witnessed the brutal dismemberment of their mother. The exception was that Moser was older and did not have the help of Dexter's adoptive father to help him deal with his previous trauma. The series really highlights how much Moser can deceive the people around him. For example, to get us closer to... middle of the paper... path: The case of Patrick Mackay. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1976. Print.Cleckley, Hervey. The mask of sanity. Augusta: CV Mosby Co, 1988. Print.Hare, Robert. Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us. NewYork: Guilford P, 1999. Print.Hercz, Robert. “Psychopath among us”. Without conscience. 2001. Network. March 11, 2014. Hoeksema, Susan. (ab)normal psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010. 534. Print.Ohikuare, Judith. “Life as a Nonviolent Psychopath.” The Atlantic January 21, 2014. Web. March 11, 2014. Jeffrey Hancock and Matthew Logan. “Psychopathy: An Important Forensic Concept for the 21st Century.” Federal Bureau of Investigation. 2012. Network. March 11, 2014.Lewis, Robert, dir. Right. Show time. KABC-TV, Los Angeles. October 1, 2006. Television.Smith, Robert. The psychopath in society. London: Academic P, 1978. Print.