A compelling and shocking story based on the largest ever study of aversive personalities.  
 
Human Predators is about one of the greatest deceptions of humankind. Academics – for a variety of reasons – have substantially misrepresented how to detect predators. 
 
Dr Karen Mitchell collected data from practitioner experts worldwide, totaling over a thousand years of cumulative experience with predators and their victims. 

She also investigated existing knowledge on psychopaths, narcissists, cults, sadism, human trafficking, child sexual abuse in religion, coercive control in domestic violence, toxic leadership in business, the military, politics etc.  

Dr Mitchell has formulated potentially the most comprehensive and nuance model of human predators ever developed – The Persistent Predatory Personality. 

For too long researchers, diagnostic models, the legal system and others have allowed predators to avoid accountability while pathologising victims. 

Human Predators is a groundbreaking journey into the world of dangerous people that reveals why some people harm without remorse and how we can protect ourselves and our families from their toxic abuse.  

Dr Karen Mitchell is a world leader in the field of dark personalities. She is CEO of the Kalmor Institute, has worked internationally for 3 decades in organisational culture change and risk, is a lived experience survivor, author and public speaker. 

Praise for Human Predators

“Masterful! A must-read for anyone dealing with Human Predators in the boardroom, politics or personal relationships.”

—Sandra Pickering, international company director and business psychologist

“If it feels like no one has ever believed you about what it’s like to be relentlessly targeted by a narcissist, psychopath or any kind of dark personality, here is the book that finally tells your story, and backs it up with comprehensive scientific detail.”

—Emeritus Professor Stan Willenbring PhD

“Reading Human Predators is like discovering the key to a code.

Dr Mitchell doesn’t just give comprehensive and illuminating insights into ‘Dark Personalities’ but reveals why and when their masks begin to slip. Her extensive research canvasses more than just their traits and tactics, but their level of deception – demonstrating how most manage to evade punitive action despite being depraved and sadistic to the core.”

—Alison Sandy, Investigations Editor, Seven Network

“The most innovative, insightful, and important exploration of psychopathy and related concepts since Cleckley’s The Mask of Sanity (1941). Dr Mitchell identifies the problem of our time with clarity and understanding, and her recommendations must be implemented if we are to tackle the huge costs incurred by predatory dark personalities at all levels of society.”
An essential book.”

—Harrison Koehli, editor of Political Ponerology

“I witnessed predatory personalities in medicine firsthand at a large Chicago hospital (Edgewater Hospital) where unnecessary cardiac procedures were performed for profit through kickbacks, harming and killing patients.

Dr Mitchell’s Persistent Predatory Personality model is vital in detecting predators that thrive in trusted fields like medicine.”

—Dr Jennifer Weymouth, US-based consulting trauma surgeon

“This book is a must for anyone managing people.

Narcissists, psychopaths – human predators - can derail you, sabotage your business career and you would not even know a game is being played. Suddenly you will be able to recognise behaviours that you never understood. A fascinating read.”

—Launa Inman, a highly experienced executive and professional non-executive director who has served as CEO of major companies such as Target Australia, Officeworks and Billabong International.

“Thought provoking. A must read.”

—Charlie Bezzina, one of Australia’s most respected former homicide detectives

“Dr Mitchell’s work highlights the risks of pathologising victims while failing to identify perpetrators— a concern that resonates deeply with trauma therapists who frequently see survivors misdiagnosed as personality-disordered when their symptoms are, in fact, normal responses to abnormal abuse.
The way Dr Mitchell presents the dichotomy of ‘human predators’ and ‘human prey’ is powerful.”

—Dr Felicity McFarlane, B.A.,Grad.Dip.(Psych)., D.Psych(Clinical).