The Criminal Mind

Author: Dr Duncan Harding

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

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The harrowing and moving memoir of forensic psychiatrist Dr Duncan HardingForensic psychiatrist Duncan Harding's job is to understand criminals.His is a life spent with serial killers, psychopaths, violent children - in the prison service, the Old Bailey and at Broadmoor psychiatric hospital, he reckons daily with humankind's unimaginable capacity for cruelty.Yet the humanity he discovers is perhaps the most shocking. The people Harding meets tell chilling stories of modern Britain, and the paths they were led down towards the most horrific of acts.In his attempts to make sense of crimes, Harding confronts agonizing questions. When to call for justice, argue for mercy, break confidentiality - when to look closer, to believe, to forgive.Broken Lives reveals the hard decisions we all must make when we come face to face with the unspeakable.

Critic Reviews

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
Harding’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 MAIL ON SUNDAY
A 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 IRISH INDEPENDENT
Insightful, informative and sometimes shocking, The Criminal Mind is an engrossing book -- DR RICHARD SHEPHERD, AUTHOR OF UNNATURAL CAUSES -
A penetrating insight into the darkest corners of the human mind. The most moving, surprising and compelling book you’ll read this year -- M.J. ARLIDGE, AUTHOR OF EENY MEENY -
Grips you from the start like a bestselling novel then takes you on an extraordinary journey that reveals, based on the author’s own clinical experience, why some of us lead lives of love and some of hate. Riveting -- JOHN HUMPHRYS -
A fantastic read … a very accessible window into the darker recesses of human behaviour … hard to put down -- JUDGE DAVID WILLIAMS -
Not just another forensic psychiatrist’s casebook, but a moving account of how Duncan Harding became forensic psychiatrist -- KEITH RIX, PROFESSOR IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY -

About the Author

Duncan Harding is a consultant forensic child psychiatrist, working with young people who commit serious crime. He is the clinical lead for child forensic community services across South London, and has a research interest in conduct disorder and criminal psychopathy.