- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Publisher: American Psychiatric Press Inc. (1 Oct 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0880486880
- ISBN-13: 978-0880486880
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,813,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Dr. Robert Simon has written a comprehensive and spell-binding book on a topic that is sure to be interesting to most people, whether they are lay readers or seasoned experts in human behavior. "Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream" should be required reading... [for] all health care clinicians and anyone thinking of entering into a close relationship with a relative stranger. It is informative, interesting, thought provoking, comprehensive and scholarly. Most important of all, this book contains a convincing growth-promoting message that is likely to enlighten and kindle the heart of many readers."- "Washington Psychiatry"
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"Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream: A Forensic Psychiatrist Illuminates the Darker Side of Human Behavior" provides insights into the minds of rapists, stalkers, serial killers, psychopaths, professional exploiters, and other individuals whose behavior both frightens and fascinates us. The book also works to break down the false separation between "good" and "bad" people-pointing out that this dark side is an essential component of our humanity. "Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream" cracks open the door to the dark side and gives readers a look inside. Sometimes frightening, always fascinating, this book will captivate readers from beginning to end.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is written by a 'clinical professor of psychiatry', but frankly could have been written by anyone with the barest passing knowledge of the concept of psychopathy. It feels dilletantish in its style and its coverage of the material is superficial. It may be reasonably interesting to the lay person, but there are much better books out there for the interested clinician.
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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Bad men do what good men dream
15 Sep 2000
Format:Hardcover
Dr. Robert I Simon's book Bad Med Do What Good Men Dream is an erudite and readable treatment of one of the knottiest questions in the history of humanity: what separates good men from bad men? Dr. Simon has applied his vast experience in clinical and forensic psychiatry to illuminate the similarities and differences between those who demonstrate remarkable psychopathology and "normal" people. He has explored the spectrum of violent and horrifying behavior, from killer cults to serial murderers to workplace violence, and provided a thoughtful discussion of the difficulties of identifying the good and evil inside us and around us. As a forensic psychiatrist, I found this book enlightening, thought provoking and well written. I highly recommend it to any professional or lay student of human nature.
32 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Pass on this one
15 Aug 2000
Format:Hardcover
...[T]his book has four or five chapters of differing criminal
behaviors (the serial murderer, the sexual deviant) told in
sensational stories with little serious discussion of the the
psychological basis or reasoning of why bad men do what good men
dream. In fact, the question of why bad men DO what good men dream is
never seriously examined. In fact, there is little, if any,
illuination of the causes or understanding of psychopathic behavior.
If this is a topic that interests you, you're much better off with
Charles Patrick Ewing's work or Henry Steadman.
behaviors (the serial murderer, the sexual deviant) told in
sensational stories with little serious discussion of the the
psychological basis or reasoning of why bad men do what good men
dream. In fact, the question of why bad men DO what good men dream is
never seriously examined. In fact, there is little, if any,
illuination of the causes or understanding of psychopathic behavior.
If this is a topic that interests you, you're much better off with
Charles Patrick Ewing's work or Henry Steadman.
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
the struggle between good and evil
26 Aug 2000
Format:Paperback
Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream is a fascinating and well researched account of mankind's capacity for evil. Written by a forensic psychiatrist with years of clinical experience examining the human mind, the book not only provides the theoretical underpinnings of the subject, it provides the seasoned observer's inside account of what makes us "tick". In the humanist's tradition, it recognizes that dark thoughts are latent in all of us. Dr. Simon has produced a highly educational and riveting read without ever lapsing into the usual pomposity or sensationalism often found in writings on this topic. Readers will enjoy the many thought provoking discussions not only about why we do the things we do, but about what separates "good" people from "bad".
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