Screen LibraryTalking with psychopaths and savages : a journey into the evil mind /
Having spent years interviewing imprisoned criminals - including notorious serial killers - he discovered that the lack of remorse these people showed was in many ways even more terrifying than the crimes they had committed. Yet in the course of these conversations, the author also had the chance to...
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John Blake Publishing Ltd,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Having spent years interviewing imprisoned criminals - including notorious serial killers - he discovered that the lack of remorse these people showed was in many ways even more terrifying than the crimes they had committed. Yet in the course of these conversations, the author also had the chance to interview his subjects' psychiatrists and, in doing so, uncovered a terrible truth: a monster can be hidden behind a friendly face. Some of these experts, he found, proved to have more in common with their patients than he would ever have expected. This book examines horrific crimes committed by some of the most remorseless and merciless people ever to have lived. If it reveals a mindset wholly alien to most people, it also, shockingly, demonstrates that some of the people who treat these psychopaths have their own demons. Talking with Psychopaths and Savages will inevitably shift the reader's view of psychopaths, and in doing so, reveals that horror can be much closer to us than we think. |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 292 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781786061225 1786061228 |
| Index Number: | HV6133 |
| CLC: | B846 |
| Call Number: | B846/B534 |
| Contents: | Acknowledgements; A Letter from Professor Annabel Leigh; Whoever Fights Monsters; Introduction; Psychopathy; On Savages and Savagery; Professor Robert Hare PCL-R Checklist; In the Beginning; Aggressive Narcissism and Psychopathy; Case Study -- Savage: Oscar Pistorius -- Shots in the Dark; Case Study -- Psychopath: Harold Shipman -- The Doctor from Hell; Case Study -- Savage: Melanie 'Mel' Lyn McGuire -- 'The Ice Queen'; Case Study -- Psychopath: Michael Bruce Ross -- Psychopathic Master of Manipulation; Case Study -- Savage: Kenneth Alessio Bianchi -- Conman Supremo. Case Study -- Psychopath: The Shawcross ConfessionCase Study -- Savage: John David Guise Cannan -- A Very British Monster; Case Study -- Psychopath: Kenneth Allen McDuff -- 'Big Mac'; Case Study -- Savage: John 'JR' Robinson; Tailpiece: Could You Have Spotted These?; Conclusions; About the Author; Copyright. |