Dangerous Minds - A Forensic Psychiatrist's Quest to Understand Violence (Hardcover)

'Exceptional . . . This thoughtful and engrossing book is as much about law as it is about minds' THE TIMES What drives someone to commit murder? What makes some people lash out on those that they love? Can we predict whether a child will grow into a violent adult, and what can we do to prevent it? These are just some of the questions that forensic psychiatrist Dr Taj Nathan interrogates every day in his work with violent offenders. Stories about violent or deviant behaviour are the subject of sensational headlines or inflated dramatic portrayals, but infinitely more complex and intriguing are the real people behind labels like 'psychopath', 'sex offender' or 'serial killer'. Taking us from secure hospital wards to high-security prisons to courtrooms, Dangerous Minds offers compelling and deeply compassionate accounts of ten people whose lives have been shaped by violence. From the impact of traumatic events in childhood to the evolutionary and cultural influences on the emergence of the social mind, this book is an insider's account of the origins of violence that asks its readers to re-evaluate all that they think they know about the people society deems most dangerous.

General

Imprint:	John Murray Publishers Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2020
First published:	2021
Authors:	Taj Nathan
Dimensions:	236 x 160 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-5293-9291-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > True stories > Crime Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Criminal or forensic psychology Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Forensic science
LSN:	1-5293-9291-8
Barcode:	9781529392913

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