Criminal Psychology: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)

It is a conundrum that has vexed societies throughout history: how do you deal with those that break the law? If their aim is to evade you, how do you identify them? If their aim is to lie, how do you interview them? If they don’t see their actions are wrong, how do you help them to successfully reform?

Criminal psychology is the discipline which tackles these challenges head on. From the signals which give away we’re lying to the psychological profiling of violent offenders, this exhaustive guide, written by the UK’s top experts, is the perfect introduction. Also covering policing, and the much debated topic of sexual offenders and their treatment, it will demonstrate how understanding the mind will help us to view modern justice from a more informed perspective.

• Inside the Criminal Mind: Revised and Updated Edition
• Criminal Psychology: Understanding the Criminal Mind and Its Nature Through Criminal Profiling
• Criminal Profiling: An Introductory Guide
• The Anatomy of Motive
• Murderous Minds: Exploring the Criminal Psychopathic Brain: Neurological Imaging and the Manifestation of Evil
• Forensic Psychology For Dummies
• Criminology For Dummies
• Human Psychology 101: Understanding The Human Mind And What Makes People Tick
• How To Analyze People: Analyze People Dead On - Recognize Personality Patterns and Learn How To Read People Instantly (How To Analyze People, Body Language, How To Read People, Human Psychology)
• Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us