Picking Up The Pieces

Paul Britton

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Penguin (Transworld)
25 July 2024

Criminal or forensic psychology

The spellbinding sequel to Paul Britton's award-winning The Jigsaw Man

Forensic psychologist Paul Britton can 'walk through the minds' of those who murder, rape, torture, extort and kidnap. He can see the world through their eyes and know what they're thinking. That's why the police have called him into so many high-profile criminal investigations and help them catch who is responsible.

From top-security prisons and mental hospitals to ordinary outpatients' clinics, he has interviewed, assessed and treated people who were damaged or broken. Some were responsible for terrible crimes; others were stopped before it was too late. But the answers weren't always hidden at bloody crime scenes or in post-mortem photographs. Instead, they are mostly buried within someone's mind or deep in their past.

How does he find the truth? In Picking Up the Pieces, Britton reveals the psychological and forensic foundations on which he has based his expertise. It is a remarkable, enlightening and, at times terrifying, journey into the dark recesses of that complex organism we call the human mind.

By: Paul Britton
Imprint: Penguin (Transworld)
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 416g
ISBN: 9781804996188
ISBN 10: 1804996181
Pages: 608
Publication Date: 25 July 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Paul Britton was born in 1946. Following degrees obtained in psychology from Warwick and Sheffield universities, he has spent the last twenty years working as a consultant clinical and forensic psychologist. He has advised the Association of Chief Police Officers' Crime Committee on offender profiling for many years and currently teaches postgraduates in clinical and forensic psychology. He is married with two children. Paul Britton is the author of Picking Up the Pieces and The Jigsaw Man, which won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award for Non-Fiction.

Reviews for Picking Up The Pieces

Compelling...Fascinating...Britton has done hugely important work that saves lives * Sunday Times * A unique understanding of the dark side of the human condition * Red * Precise, considered, methodical. HIs skill is to go beyong the guise, to understand and inhabit the psychopathic mind * Independent *