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The Jigsaw Man (Hardcover)

by Paul Britton (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (78 customer reviews)

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The autobiography of Paul Britton, one of the foremost offender profilers in the world. What he searches for at the scene of a crime are not fingerprints, fibres or blood stains, he looks for the "mind trace" left behind by those responsible, the psychological characteristics that can help the police to identify and understand the nature of the perpetrator. Over the past dozen years, Britton has assisted the police in over 100 cases involving murder, rape, arson, extortion and kidnapping. Among them were the murder of Jamie Bulger on a lonely railway line in Liverpool, the abduction of baby Abbie Humphries, the brutal slaying of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common and the notorious "House of Horror" in Gloucester. He has helped to solve some of Britain's most baffling cases, and has also advised the FBI and the Russian Ministry of the Interior.

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Forensic psychologist Paul Britton asks himself four questions when he is faced with a crime: what has happened; who is the victim; how was it done; and why? Only when he has the answers to these questions can he address the fifth: who is responsible?

Paul Britton has assisted the police in over a hundred cases and has an almost mythic status in the field of crime deduction. His achievements read as though from the pages of Conan Doyle or Agatha Christie. What he searches for at the scene of the crime are not fingerprints, fibres or bloodstains - he looks for the 'mind trace' left behind by those responsible: the psychological characteristics that can help the police to identify and understand the nature of the perpetrator.

The Jigsaw Man is not only a detective story involving some of the most high-profile cases of recent years, but also a journey of discovery into the darkest recesses of the human mind to confront the question 'Where does crime come from?' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, 9 Sep 2005
By zztopbanana (Lancashire, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Jigsaw Man (Paperback)
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An absolutely enthralling read - this was delivered at 10.45am and I read it in one fell swoop, finishing it at ten to midnight the same day.

No long review necessary - just buy it and see.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Outdated and just plain wrong, 3 April 2009
This review is from: The Jigsaw Man (Paperback)
It is important than anyone purchasing this book recognises that Britton's work is now outdated and does NOT reflect what currently happens in the UK re 'Offender profiling'. I am a Professor of Psychology and have worked in the profiling / behavioural advice field for over 15 years and have seen the work move on since this book. Applicants applying to forensic courses and the like have fallen foul in the application process by quoting this book. It is interesting as a historical text but is misrepresentative and, as time has now revealed, shows the many weakenesses in Britton's work
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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Something you should know...., 21 Aug 2007
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While this book is a highly interesting look into the world of a criminal profiler, i think that before buying this book, people should know that since publication, Paul Britton's profile led to the conviction of a man who was indeed innocent of a crime, the wimbeldon common murder. What needs to be understood is that profiles alone do not lead to the convictions of criminal as is portrated in the media. it is marely a tool to aid police officers and detectives. They may sometimes be wrong profiles!!!!!

However, the book is interesting but do not fall for the misguided facts that the media give the public!!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Self Publicist
The problem with this book, is that Paul Britten's only ability seems to be to turn up at a violent crime scene and declare the guilty to be male, aged between 18-35, of mid-low... Read more
Published 26 days ago by Percy

4.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic book unfortunately tarnished forever by the Rachel Nickell case
I read this book when it was released back in 1998 and absolutely devoured it. I was fascinated by offender profiling and the clues that it could provide detectives in solving... Read more
Published 27 days ago by Romance Lover

5.0 out of 5 stars buy the book and make up your own mind.
This is an excellent book. very informative and gives an excellent insight into what this man has to do on a daily basis. Read more
Published 2 months ago by silvertigress

5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating read
This book offers a fascinating and true to life insight of the work of a psychologist in some of the most notorious murders to grip the UK in the 1980s and 1990s. Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. Milton

1.0 out of 5 stars Cracker Cracked!
The Jigsaw ManFACT- Paul Britton's reputation is now so tarnished in the worlds of psychology and policing that he is excluded from the UK police's list of accredited advisors and... Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. A. Short

5.0 out of 5 stars The Jigsaw man - buy it
Well this book is fab. It will satisfy the true crime book lovers, people working in the counselling/psychology/social work fields/prison officers etc and those with a passing... Read more
Published 6 months ago by K.E

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant read
I for one loved this book and it gives a very clear insight into what is needed to convict these scum that are in our and everyones society, I for one thank people like Paul... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Crow

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good read but....
This was certainly a very good read and certainly one you don't want to put down. It gives you a fascinating insight in to the beginnings of criminal profiling and in to some of... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Rebecca

1.0 out of 5 stars Contradictions...
Reading this book, I noticed two things. The first is that Britton is willing to hog the credit for cases in which he had very little involvement. Read more
Published on 10 April 2007 by D. Wilson

1.0 out of 5 stars An innocent man nearly ended up in gaol for life because of Britton!
Paul Britton has fooled a lot of people. When it is just readers of books that isn't so bad - it's their money they're wasting after all. Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2007 by David Kessler

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