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The Criminal Mind

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Superbly written, as tense as a thriller, this is a book that will make you miss the bus so gripping are these cases

Harding’s riveting memoir is often very moving … it left me with a powerful respect for all the people in the health and justice systems who put their lives on the line to keep us safe

A combination of medical coming-of-age tale and true crime that is particularly gripping … Harding writes with empathy and insight … each patient a mystery to unpick

Insightful, informative and sometimes shocking, The Criminal Mind is an engrossing book

DR RICHARD SHEPHERD, AUTHOR OF UNNATURAL CAUSES

A penetrating insight into the darkest corners of the human mind.  The most moving, surprising and compelling book you’ll read this year

Grips you from the start like a bestselling novel then takes you on an extraordinary journey that reveals, based on the author’s own clinical experience, why some of us lead lives of love and some of hate. Riveting

A fantastic read … a very accessible window into the darker recesses of human behaviour … hard to put down

Not just another forensic psychiatrist’s casebook, but a moving account of how Duncan Harding became forensic psychiatrist

KEITH RIX, PROFESSOR IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY

A likeable young girl burns her family home to the ground 
 
A man has no memory of the night he killed his wife 
 
A teenager’s visions have murderous effect 
 
One question binds the cases of Dr Duncan Harding, Britain’s top forensic psychiatrist: Why? 
 
Growing up in a violent home, Harding became a doctor to be good and kind. His journey brought him to psychopaths, to the limits of his compassion and to the darkest corners of his own troubled past. 
 
But he’s never turned away nor given up hope. Mesmerising, insightful and redemptive, The Criminal Mind is his unforgettable story.

Discover this edge-of-your-seat journey into the darkest depths of the human mind from forensic psychiatrist Dr Duncan Harding 
 
A must-read for readers of Unnatural Causes, All That Remains, Do No Harm, War Doctor or The Jigsaw Man 
 
'Engrossing' DR RICHARD SHEPHERD, author of Unnatural Causes'Riveting, very moving' MAIL ON SUNDAYA must-read for readers of Unnatural Causes, All That Remains, Do No Harm, War Doctor or The Jigsaw Man----A likeable young girl who’s burnt her family home to the ground.A man with no memory of the night he killed his wife.A teenager whose visions and voices have had murderous effect.One question binds these and others from the casebook of Britain’s leading forensic psychiatrist: Why?What drives a person to commit seemingly inexplicable crimes? Dr Duncan Harding is the person the police and the courts turn to for answers. An expert witness, he must try to establish a defendant’s mental state and motivation. And their fitness to stand trial.Growing up in a broken, violent home, Harding became a doctor because he wanted to be good and kind. It led him on a journey that has brought him face to face with psychopaths, taken him to the limits of his compassion and to the darkest corners of his own troubled past.But he’s never turned away nor given up hope.Mesmerising, insightful and redemptive, The Criminal Mind is his unforgettable story. 
 
 
‘A riveting memoir … interweaves Harding’s often very moving life story with his memories of working as a forensic psychiatrist … the book left me with a powerful respect for the people in the health and justice systems who put their lives on the line to keep patients, and the rest of us, safe’ 
MAIL ON SUNDAY

- A likeable young girl who&rsquo;s burnt her family home to the ground 
 
- A man with no memory of the night he killed his wife 
 
- A teenager whose visions and voices have had murderous effect 
 
One question binds these and others from the casebook of Britain&rsquo;s leading forensic psychiatrist: Why? 
 
What drives a person to commit seemingly inexplicable crimes? Dr Duncan Harding is the person the police and the courts turn to for answers. 
 
An expert witness, he must try to establish a defendant&rsquo;s mental state and motivation. And their fitness to stand trial. 
 
Growing up in a broken, violent home, Harding became a doctor because he wanted to be good and kind. It led him on a journey that has brought him face to face with psychopaths, taken him to the limits of his compassion and to the darkest corners of his own troubled past. 
 
But he&rsquo;s never turned away nor given up hope. Mesmerising, insightful and redemptive, The Criminal Mind is his unforgettable story.

Dr Duncan Harding is a consultant adolescent forensic psychiatrist, working with adults and children who commit serious crime. He is a specialist member of the Parole Board for England and Wales, and the college lead for expert witnesses at the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Specialising in forensic mental health, he has provided expert testimony in many court cases involving homicide, serious violence and terrorism, and has conducted research into conduct disorder and criminal psychopathy. He lives in London.

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