Robert Hare

Robert D. Hare is a Canadian forensic psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia, where his research centered on psychopathology and psychophysiology. He is best known for developing the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, an assessment instrument first circulated in 1980 and substantially revised in 1985 following the death of Hervey Cleckley, then finalized as the PCL-R and made available to the criminal justice system in 1991. The PCL-R is widely regarded as the standard instrument for measuring psychopathy and is used extensively in risk assessment within prisons and psychiatric facilities. Hare has also advised the FBI Child Abduction and Serial Murder Investigative Resources Center and consulted for various correctional services, and in 2010 he was named to the Order of Canada and received the Canadian Psychological Association Donald O. Hebb Award in recognition of his contributions to psychological science.