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The Criminal Mind: A Writer's Guide to Forensic Psychology Paperback – 30 Aug. 2002

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This book corrects common media misconceptions about the nature of the criminal psyche in order to help writers create more credible and convincing characters. The Criminal Mind examines the fundamentals of psychology and law, theories of criminality, and character disorders that can lead to criminal behaviour. Writers will learn how criminals think and how forensic psychology is used to catch them. Katherine Ramsland also explores the legal process, including psychological evaluations, lie detection, insanity pleas and the treatment of criminals and victims.

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Publisher : Writer's Digest Books (30 Aug. 2002)
Language: : English
Paperback : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 1582970793
ISBN-13 : 978-1582970790
Dimensions : 14.61 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 1,714,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 68 in Writing Genre Fiction
- 552 in Forensic Medicine
- 699 in Criminal & Forensic Psychology (Books)

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Katherine Ramsland holds three postgraduate degrees in psychology and has taught psychology and philosophy at Rutgers University for fifteen years. She has published twelve nonfiction works, including Bliss: Writing to Find Your True Self, and recently released Forensic Science of CSI and Cemetery Stories. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Wendy Drummond

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 September 2014

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Great book. Very helpful for anyone wanting to write crime fiction.

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Sam

dull and badly written

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 March 2015

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I've read a previous book by this author that I enjoyed, based on her own work. This book is descriptive, features long boring bullet point lists, and has the author slating programmes and books for their inaccuracy, but the criticisms are all the same, with the end effect being repetitive.I skipped whole pages and felt relief at reaching the last one.

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PJM07

You either kill, be killed, or write about killing!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 July 2003

I was a bit doubtful about this title before I purchased it from Amazon. But I have to say, it was well worth the price! My only qualm would be that it is US-centric, but much of the laws of criminal behavioural studies do cross the Big Pond without too much hassle.
The author has produced a very readable book, which goes into detail on personality disorders, character disorders and pschoses, among others, and not only reports findings on the "disorders" of the criminal mind, but also offers tips and ideas on how a writer can use both characters of "unstable mind" as well as the pschologists and criminologists who study and treat them.
Those of us who want to write about murder/homicide/serial-killing etc should definitely invest in this book.

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