{"product_id":"the-criminal-mind","title":"The Criminal Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\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\u003eOne 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\u003eDr 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\u003eIt 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\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 400 pages | Published May 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63833358958941,"sku":"9781405945615","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781405945615.jpg?v=1783117186","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-criminal-mind","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}