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Dangerous Minds
- A Forensic Psychiatrist's Quest to Understand Violence
- Narrated by: Rich Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
A forensic psychiatrist uses case studies to explore what drives people to commit violence.
What drives someone to commit murder?
What makes some people lash out on those that they love?
Can we predict whether a child will grow into a violent adult, and what can we do to prevent it?
These are just some of the questions that forensic psychiatrist Dr Taj Nathan interrogates every day in his work with violent offenders. Stories about violent or deviant behaviour are the subject of sensational headlines or inflated dramatic portrayals, but infinitely more complex and intriguing are the real people behind labels like 'psychopath', 'sex offender' or 'serial killer'.
Taking us from secure hospital wards to high-security prisons to courtrooms, Dangerous Minds offers compelling and deeply compassionate accounts of 10 people whose lives have been shaped by violence. From the impact of traumatic events in childhood to the evolutionary and cultural influences on the emergence of the social mind, this book is an insider's account of the origins of violence that asks its readers to re-evaluate all that they think they know about the people society deems most dangerous.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-10-22
dangerous minds
I thought this book gave good insight into the criminal justice system
love it
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- Mrs K Thompson
- 14-03-24
Monotonous and hard to follow
I liked the case histories, I thought it was a good way to order the book. The author, clearly very knowledgeable in his field of expertise, went off on too many tangents. At times it was hard to follow and there were parts where I actually wondered what he was talking about. As an ex mental health professional I normally enjoy books like this so was disappointed.
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- Rachel S.
- 26-07-21
Good insightful book, very badly read.
As a mental health nurse, I listen to (and read) a lot of books about the the mind, the brain, mental illnesses and so on. I want to know and understand what lies behind patients I encounter. I find that having a better understanding increases my empathy which is vital to build the relationships necessary to aid recovery.
I found the book, the content good, it covered a range of different forensic presentations, describing how the individual behaved, linking to historical cases and explaining how this linked to legal system. If I'm honest I would have liked a bit more analysis as to why patient's present in such ways, what happens in the brain to cause such diversion to the so called norm, creating the dangerous behaviour, but that's just my personal preference.
The case studies were interesting and understandable to lay people. I did at times get confused from the jump from the case study to historical evidence, back to case study, although I think this is due to it being the audio version.
The big downfall was the performance. The reader put strange emphasis on words so It became VEry distracting to LISten to. There were also LOng, unnatural BREaks between SENtences....
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Which MEANt you lost TRAck of WHat was being SAid...
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This is unfortunate as it massively distracted from the content and made me want to switch off. If not for having such an interest in this area, i.e. if I had been reading this for pleasure and not work, I would have switched off by about chapter 4.
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