A study which was mentioned several times during the last season, was The Criminal Personality by Samuel Yochelson and Stanton E. Samenow from 1976. This was the study that Kupfenberg mentioned to Melfi in a private session and Kupfenberg later referred to at the dinner party in the second-to-last episode (in a not-so-ethical way...), and which ultimately caused Melfi to terminate her sessions with Tony. It's a real study. Those interested might wanna take a look at the following links (and have a search for reviews on JSTOR too, if they've got the access...)
Anyway, if you wanna read something about it try the following:
Author of 1976 study of criminals surprised to find it featured in 'Sopranos
Bruce Jackson: Why Tony's Shrink Got Stupid
Slate thingy (scroll down to second paragraph...)
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