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annaslitpages's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
2.0
Disappointing. A very dry read, I spent most of the time bored. I felt this was more about the absolute basics of how psychology might be relevant in various aspects of criminal dealings, which made it neither about the actual work of psychologists nor the psychology of criminals.
Honestly, it was more about the police force and how dealing with offenders can sometimes involve a bit of psychology , rather than going very much into that psychology.
I’m not a beginner in this subject so I’m not really the target audience but I don’t feel as though this would be very enlightening to anyone, save a few points here and there. It would have benefitted from some case studies and examples.
Honestly, it was more about the police force and how dealing with offenders can sometimes involve a bit of psychology , rather than going very much into that psychology.
I’m not a beginner in this subject so I’m not really the target audience but I don’t feel as though this would be very enlightening to anyone, save a few points here and there. It would have benefitted from some case studies and examples.
ellebelle1987's review against another edition
I’ve already got 3 books on the go and this feels a bit like a chore to read it, as I’m borrowing this. So I can’t really put it on hold like the other books I’m reading :)
larrys's review against another edition
4.0
This book feels like it's written with the senior high school student in mind, with the aim of correcting some pop cultural ideas about what the job of a criminal psychologist entails, based on some currently popular crime shows. I'd recommend it to a high school student thinking of a career in this field, who will soon learn that there are very few (if any) 'criminal psychologists' -- it's sporadic contract work using the expertise of psychologists making money in related areas.
I listened to the audio book version. The narrator's reading style really emphasises how basic the prose is, and I would even say he condescends. He's got this weird way of taking pauses which reminds me of Stevie from Malcolm in the middle.
And I'm always interested to hear about other people's jobs, which is unfortunate given most people don't want to talk about them.
The final chapter is about sexual offenders. This is the chapter which made me think more people should read this book. There's this idea that sex offenders are a certain type of nasty person who we'd recognise if we met at a party, but the research describes a character more likely to be living among us, as they are of course, and it should be more widely known that sex offenders are able to empathise with most people in their lives but turn it off for the people they have chosen to abuse. It reminds me of something I heard about sociopaths lately: that even sociopaths are able to turn empathy on if they choose to.
I listened to the audio book version. The narrator's reading style really emphasises how basic the prose is, and I would even say he condescends. He's got this weird way of taking pauses which reminds me of Stevie from Malcolm in the middle.
And I'm always interested to hear about other people's jobs, which is unfortunate given most people don't want to talk about them.
The final chapter is about sexual offenders. This is the chapter which made me think more people should read this book. There's this idea that sex offenders are a certain type of nasty person who we'd recognise if we met at a party, but the research describes a character more likely to be living among us, as they are of course, and it should be more widely known that sex offenders are able to empathise with most people in their lives but turn it off for the people they have chosen to abuse. It reminds me of something I heard about sociopaths lately: that even sociopaths are able to turn empathy on if they choose to.