Val McDermid is one of the finest crime writers we have, whose novels have captivated millions of readers worldwide with their riveting narratives of characters who solve complex crimes and confront unimaginable evil. In the course of researching her bestselling novels McDermid has become familiar with every branch of forensics, and now she uncovers the history of this science, real-world murders and the people who must solve them. The dead talk to...

Psychologist Alan Gregory is struggling to deal with both a newly adopted son and a shaky, though generally improving, marriage. But then his ex-wife, Merideth, reappears, seeking help locating the missing surrogate mother of her soon-to-be-born child, and Alan is pulled into a mystery that reaches back years--with ramifications that are disturbingly current.--From publisher description.

This book is the collected works of Tom Segrave, an author who exposes the paradoxes of psychiatric illness: the good and the bad, the insights and the insanity.

This book contains information obtained from Internet reports about female sexual offenders. It describes who they are, what and where the sexual offenses occurred in the context of several psychological theories along with the consequences of the abuse. Some suggestions for further study and treatment are proposed. A significant number of reports were reviewed to determine the ages of the youths offended as well as the ages of those offending. An...

This book is a 'how to' manual for working with families in separation and divorce using an active, directive therapeutic process called Family Restructuring Therapy. This philosophy and effective process works well for the 'normal' divorced family who need to learn new practices and patterns, and for the 'high-conflict' family whose behavior patterns have become so maladaptive that the children's well-being is at risk. A valuable resource for mental...

Perfect for anyone interested in forensic psychology! Do you want to learn what forensic psychology is? Do you want to learn about the psychology of courts? Do you want to learn about the psychology of imprisonment and rehabilitation? If the answer is yes to any of these questions and more then this is the book for you, as we investigate the psychology behind courts, sexual offending, offender treatment, the public and more in an engaging...

Juan Martinez, the fiery prosecutor who convicted notorious murderess Jodi Arias for the disturbing killing of Travis Alexander, speaks for the first time about the shocking investigation and sensational trial that captivated the nation. Through two trials, America watched with baited breath as Juan Martinez fought relentlessly to convict Jodi Arias of Murder One for viciously stabbing her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander to death. What emerged was a...

July 22, 2011 was the darkest day in Norway's history since Nazi Germany's invasion. It was one hundred eighty-nine minutes of terror, from the moment the bomb exploded outside a government building until Anders Behring Breivik was apprehended by the police at Utøya Island. Breivik murdered seventy-seven people, most of them teenagers and young adults, and wounded hundreds more. The massacre left the world in shock. Breivik is the archetypal "lone...

Based on actual street encounters, Randy Hicks offers the reader effective communication methods. Using his 50 years of patrol time, undercover and investigation, academy instruction and university teaching, Hicks has devoted his professional life to learning everything he could about law enforcement's most demanded tool: communication at close range. Hicks provides reliable and proven communication methods to use in some of the most reoccurring scenarios...