{"product_id":"the-criminal-mind","title":"The Criminal Mind","description":"\u003cb\u003eWHAT MAKES A MURDERER? Unraveling the Dark Psychology Behind Britain's Most Notorious Killers From Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr Duncan Harding\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eGrips you from the start like a bestselling novel then takes you on an extraordinary journey ... Riveting\u003c\/b\u003e' JOHN HUMPHRYS\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eIncisive, informative and occasionally shocking, The Criminal Mind is an engrossing book\u003c\/b\u003e' DR RICHARD SHEPHERD, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eUnnatural Causes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eA penetrating insight into the darkest corners of the human mind. The most moving, surprising and compelling book you'll read this year\u003c\/b\u003e' M.J. ARLIDGE, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEeny Meeny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA young girl burns down the family home\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA man doesn't remember killing his wife\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA teenager's visions and voices lead to murder\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e One question binds these and many others from the casebook of Britain's leading forensic psychiatrist: Why? What drives a person to commit seemingly inexplicable crimes?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dr Duncan Harding is the person the police and the courts turn to for answers - to establish a defendant's mental state and motivation: their fitness to stand trial.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It is a career that has brought him face to face with psychopaths, taken him to the limits of human compassion and to the darkest corners of his own troubled past.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis then is a journey deep into the criminal mind . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eTHE CRIMINAL MIND\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eNot just another forensic psychiatrist's casebook. . . . a moving account of how Harding became a child and adolescent forensic psychiatrist, caring for mentally disordered child and adolescent offenders\u003c\/b\u003e' KEITH RIX professor of medical jurisprudence and forensic psychiatrist\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eSuperbly written, as tense as a thriller, this is a book that will make you miss the bus so gripping are these cases\u003c\/b\u003e' Daily Mail\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eHarding's riveting memoir is often very moving ... it left me with a powerful respect for all the people in the health and justice systems who put their lives on the line to keep us safe\u003c\/b\u003e' MAIL ON SUNDAY\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eA combination of medical coming-of-age tale and true crime that is particularly gripping ... Harding writes with empathy and insight ... each patient a mystery to unpick\u003c\/b\u003e' IRISH INDEPENDENT\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eA fantastic read ... a very accessible window into the darker recesses of human behaviour ... hard to put down\u003c\/b\u003e' JUDGE DAVID WILLIAMS\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eNot just another forensic psychiatrist's casebook, but a moving account of how Duncan Harding became forensic psychiatrist\u003c\/b\u003e' KEITH RIX, PROFESSOR IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47521893449953,"sku":null,"price":489.3,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/9033\/0593\/files\/15652633482688.jpg?v=1764189409","url":"https:\/\/perfectbookhouse.com\/products\/the-criminal-mind","provider":"PERFECT BOOK HOUSE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}