The extraordinary and fascinating new book by the author of the award-winning bestseller The Jigsaw ManForensicpsychologist Paul Britton can'walk through the minds'of those whomurder,rape,torture,extort and kidnap. He can see the world throughtheir eyes and know what they're thinking. That is why the police havecalled on him to help with many high-profile criminal investigations andcatch those responsible.How does he do it Paul Britton's newest book,Picking Up the Pieces,reveals the psychological and forensic foundations upon which he hasbased his expertise. It is a remarkable journey into the darkestrecesses of the human mind. From top security prisons and mentalhospitals to ordinary outpatients'clinics,Britton introduces us to hisclinical and forensic work. A man turns into a werewolf at four o'clockevery afternoon. Another has built an electric chair in his basement tokill his father. A woman accepts the blame for abusing her child whenshe had nothing to do with it. How can they be helped When Britton soaccurately profiled the child killers of Jamie Bulger in Liverpool,ortold police the true nature of Frederick and Rosemary West,he could doso because he had treated disturbed children and confronted sadisticsexual murderers in his consulting room.For twenty-fiveyears Britton has interviewed,assessed and treated people with damagedor broken minds. Some wereresponsible for terrible crimes,others werestopped before it was too late. The answers aren't hidden at bloodycrime scenes or in the post-mortem photographs. Instead,the truth isoften locked away within someone's mind or deep in their past.Picking Up the Pieces is not a sequel to Britton's award-winning autobiography The Jigsaw Man, but a companion volume that shows the heart of his work and the knowledge that underpins his conclusions. It is a unique and revealing book that will fascinate and provoke discussion.Paul Britton was born in 1946. Following degrees obtained in psychologyfrom Warwick and Sheffield universities,he has spent the last twentyyears working as a consultant clinical and forensic psychologist. He hasadvised the Association of Chief Police Officers'Crime Committee onoffender profiling for many years and currently teaches postgraduates inclinical and forensic psychology. He is married with two children. PaulBritton is the author of Picking Up the Pieces and The Jigsaw Man,which won the Crime Writers'Association Gold Dagger Award for Non-Fiction.
Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdISBN: 9780552147187Number of pages: 608Weight: 300 gDimensions: 178 x 104 x 42 mm
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Britton has done hugely important work that saves lives. He is fascinating. His book is compellingA unique understanding of the dark side of the human conditionPrecise,considered,methodical. His skill is to go beyond the guise,to understand and inhabit the psychopathic mind
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