The Criminal Mind: Gripping encounters with serial killers and true crime from Britain's leading forensic psychiatrist - Softcover

Harding, Dr Duncan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241446848 ISBN 13: 9780241446843

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2024

Synopsis

Discover this edge-of-your-seat journey into the darkest depths of the human mind from forensic psychiatrist Dr Duncan Harding

A must-read for readers of Unnatural Causes, All That Remains, Do No Harm, War Doctor or The Jigsaw Man

'Insightful, informative and sometimes shocking' DR RICHARD SHEPHERD, author of Unnatural Causes

'Riveting, very moving' MAIL ON SUNDAY

'Superbly written, as tense as a thriller, this is a book that will make you miss the bus so gripping are these cases' DAILY MAIL

A must-read for readers of Unnatural Causes, All That Remains, Do No Harm, War Doctor or The Jigsaw Man

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A likeable young girl who’s burnt her family home to the ground.
A man with no memory of the night he killed his wife.
A teenager whose visions and voices have had murderous effect.

One question binds these and others from the casebook of Britain’s leading forensic psychiatrist: Why?

What drives a person to commit seemingly inexplicable crimes?

Dr Duncan Harding is the person the police and the courts turn to for answers. An expert witness, he must try to establish a defendant’s mental state and motivation. And their fitness to stand trial.

Growing up in a broken, violent home, Harding became a doctor because he wanted to be good and kind. It led him on a journey that has brought him face to face with psychopaths, taken him to the limits of his compassion and to the darkest corners of his own troubled past.

But he’s never turned away nor given up hope.

Mesmerising, insightful and redemptive, The Criminal Mind is his unforgettable story.

'Grips you from the start like a bestselling novel' JOHN HUMPHRYS

'Gripping . . . each patient a mystery to unpick’ IRISH INDEPENDENT

‘The most moving, surprising and compelling book you’ll read this year’ M.J. ARLIDGE, author of Eeny Meeny

About this title

About the Author

Dr Duncan Harding is a consultant adolescent psychiatrist, working with adults and children who commit serious crime. He is a specialist member of the Parole Board for England and Wales, and the college lead for expert witnesses at the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Specialising in forensic mental health, he has provided expert testimony in in many court cases involving homicide, serious violence and terrorism, and has conducted research into conduct disorder and criminal psychopathy. He lives in London.

From the Back Cover

Discover this edge-of-your-seat journey into the darkest depths of the human mind from forensic psychiatrist Dr Duncan Harding

A must-read for readers of Unnatural Causes, All That Remains, Do No Harm, War Doctor or The Jigsaw Man

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A likeable young girl who’s burnt her family home to the ground.

A man with no memory of the night he killed his wife.

A teenager whose visions and voices have had murderous effect.

One question binds these and others from the casebook of Britain’s leading forensic psychiatrist: Why?

What drives a person to commit seemingly inexplicable crimes?

Dr Duncan Harding is the person the police and the courts turn to for answers. An expert witness, he must try to establish a defendant’s mental state and motivation. And their fitness to stand trial.

Growing up in a broken, violent home, Harding became a doctor because he wanted to be good and kind. It led him on a journey that has brought him face to face with psychopaths, taken him to the limits of his compassion and to the darkest corners of his own troubled past.

But he’s never turned away nor given up hope.

Mesmerising, insightful and redemptive, The Criminal Mind is his unforgettable story.

Edition details

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241446848
• ISBN 13: 9780241446843
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400