Showing titles in Criminal & Forensic Psychology

Trade TV fiction for authentic true crime analysis, using behavioral psychology to decode complex crime scenes. Perfect for an intense morning commute or a deeply focused learning session, this gripping deep-dive strips away Hollywood myths to reveal how real investigative behavioral inference...

""An urgent read that illuminates real possibility for change.” —John Carreyrou, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Blood For the first time, a story about the specialized teams of forensic psychologists, FBI agents, and other experts who are successfully stopping mass shootings—a...

Step past true crime myths and master the forensic science of behavioral analysis to decode the criminal mind. Perfect for your daily commute or an intense late-night listening session, this gripping exploration trades Hollywood dramatization for the disciplined, suspenseful reality of active...

Lydia Benecke, Co-Autorin des Long- und Bestsellers "Aus der Dunkelkammer des Bösen" geht dem Ursprung des Bösen nach. Die Gefängnispsychologin, Fachfrau für besondere Vorlieben (Paraphilien) und erfahrene Ansprechpartnerin für Kriminalermittler nimmt uns mit auf einen Streifzug der Delikte, die uns alle in unserer Gegenwart so beschäftigen: U-Bahn-Schläger, rohe Gewalt, Amokläufer, Tierquälerei, Sadismus, Kannibalismus, Kindesmissbrauch und brutale Misshandlung. Was geht in so einem Täter nur vor? Und wie nah dran sind diese schrecklichen Taten an den ganz normalen Fantasien, die jeder von uns schon einmal hatte?

Moving backwards from the murders they committed through their adult lives, relationship histories, and childhoods, the author sought to understand what motivates the men to kill. The patterns he found reveal that the murders were neither impulsive crimes of passion nor were they indiscriminate. Why Do They Kill? is the first audiobook to profile different types of wife killers and to examine the courtship patterns of abusive men. The author shows that wife murders are not, for the most part, "crimes of passion".

A dangerous person without a conscience rarely looks that way. They often seem like the most charming and attractive among us. It is only when we are used or targeted that we learn who we're really dealing with - and often much too late. A trained mental health professional shares candidly about his personal and professional experiences with sociopathic individuals. Some basic guidelines for understanding this infamous personality style.

Dark passions, dark deeds—a deep dive into true crime stories of criminal couples. From harrowing heists to murderous mayhem, this collection of true crime stories will have you on the edge of your seat as you discover why two criminal minds are scarier than one—especially when they belong...

July 22, 2011, was the darkest day in Norway's history since Nazi Germany's invasion. It was 189 minutes of terror - from the moment the bomb exploded outside a government building until Anders Behring Breivik was apprehended by the police at Utoya Island. Breivik murdered 77 people, most of them teenagers and young adults, and wounded hundreds more. Breivik is a "lone wolf killer", often overlooked until they commit their crime. Breivik is also unique as he is the only lone wolf killer in recent history to still be alive and in captivity.

Find out what truly creates and defines a psychopath, from the leading expert who helped to create Killing Eve's Villanelle. Dr. Mark Freestone has worked on some of the most interesting, infamous and disturbing cases of psychopathology in recent years. His expertise has led to a consultant role...

If you’re tired of being manipulated, whether you’re being tricked into doing things you don’t want, or others are taking advantage of you, there are ways to stop manipulation and persuasion in its tracks. In this book, you will get a groundwork for what different types of persuasion and manipulation might be. You will learn the process of how people use these tactics to their advantage.

Né dans une ferme en déclin et rapidement abandonné par son père, la vie de Carl Panzram fut sombre dès le départ. Tandis que d’autres enfants jouaient ou allaient à l’école, lui travaillait sans relâche, sous la menace constante de punitions brutales.

Zwei Bestseller-Autoren, eine Idee: Mörderfinder Max Bischoff und Strafverteidiger Anton Pirlo ermitteln das erste Mal gemeinsam. Karl Müller, Partner der Düsseldorfer Starkanzlei Müller & Mahler, wird tot aufgefunden, nur wenige Tage, bevor er zu den umstrittenen, von seiner Kanzlei entwickelten TaxEx-Steuersparmodellen hätte aussagen sollen. Während die Polizei von einem Suizid ausgeht, beauftragt die Kanzlei den Fallanalytiker und Privatermittler Max Bischoff, den Tod zu untersuchen. Sophie Mahler, Tochter des Gründungspartner Ernst Mahler und aufstrebende Strafverteidigerin, soll ihn unterstützen.

Si vous avez été l’un des patients de ce médecin tueur en série prolifique, vous avez de la chance d'être encore en vie. Faites la connaissance de Harold Shipman, un tueur en série avec une propension troublante à assassiner un type spécifique de patients. Avec environ 250 victimes, il ne fait aucun doute que son nombre de meurtres pourrait être bien, bien plus élevé. Mais qu'est-ce qui l'a poussé à tuer ? Vous allez devoir continuer à lire pour le découvrir.

Criminal profiling—the delicate art of collecting and deciphering the psychological “fingerprints” of the monsters among us—holds an almost mythological status in pop culture. But what exactly is it, does it work, and why is the American public so entranced by it? What do we gain, and endanger, from studying why people commit murder? In The Monsters We Make, author Rachel Corbett explores how criminal profiling became one of society’s most seductive and quixotic undertakings through five significant moments in its history.

Working under California's Sexually Violent Predator Law, Samantha Stein, PsyD, faces such offenders alone, one by one, in a prison interview room. As a forensic psychologist, her high-stakes decisions can determine the difference between a life lived back in society or one condemned to indefinite incarceration.

"Creepy crawling" was the Manson Family's practice of secretly entering someone's home and, without harming anyone, leaving only a trace of evidence that they had been there, some reminder that the sanctity of the private home had been breached. Now, author Jeffrey Melnick reveals just how much the Family creepy crawled their way through Los Angeles in the sixties and then on through American social, political, and cultural life for close to fifty years, firmly lodging themselves in our minds. 

Any approach based on monitoring bodily functions is not useful. Whether the bodily function techniques use technology or supposedly trained experts, none of them are skillful in detecting deception. This book advocates for Credibility Assessment using a method created and proven in three practical domains: intelligence, consular, and commercial executive recruiting.

Forensic pathologist Janis Amatuzio first began recording the stories told to her by patients, police officers, and other doctors because she felt that no one spoke for the dead. She believed the real experience of death, namely the spiritual and otherworldly experiences of those near death and their loved ones, was ignored by the medical professionals, who thought of death as simply the cessation of breath. She knew there was more.

Der Anruf kommt unerwartet. Eine Ex-Kollegin bittet Fallanalytiker Max Bischoff um Hilfe. Ihr Neffe wurde des Mordes beschuldigt und hat sich daraufhin das Leben genommen. Mit 22. Ein Schuldeingeständnis? Oder die Tat eines Verzweifelten? Max sichtet die Fakten, die Beweislast ist erdrückend, aber nichts passt zusammen. Kein Motiv, vollkommene Willkür. Und dann die vage Verbindung zu einem anderen Fall. Ist das der Durchbruch? Max Bischoff lässt nicht locker, aber das Finden des Mörders wird zu einer unerträglichen Herausforderung, die ihn bis an seine Grenzen bringt.

Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, as one judge described her, as "a coldly calculated criminal recidivist and serial killer." She had experienced a lifetime of murder, mayhem, and mental illness. She killed two boyfriends, including one whose body was stuffed in a freezer. And she was convicted in one of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's strangest cases: the Pizza Bomber case, in which a pizza deliveryman died when a bomb locked to his neck exploded after he robbed a bank in 2003 near Erie, Pennsylvania, Diehl-Armstrong's hometown.