The Devil You Know: Encounters in Forensic Psychiatry

Author(s) : Gwen Adshead

The Devil You Know: Encounters in Forensic Psychiatry

Book Details

  • Publisher : Faber & Faber
  • Published : 2022
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Pages : 382
  • Category :
    Forensic
  • Category 2 :
    Popular Psychology
  • Catalogue No : 96416
  • ISBN 13 : 9780571357628
  • ISBN 10 : 9780571357

Reviews and Endorsements

'Brilliant . . . The book is a powerful myth buster. Name a sterotype about violent offenders and Adshead upends it.' - Sunday Times

'Deeply moving . . . the most overwhelming feeling I had on finishing this book was of hope . . . Compassionate and fascinating.' - Guardian

'An unmissable book.' - Observer

'Adshead's compassion is almost as shocking as the offences themselves . . . it gives her distance and extraordinary insight.' - The Times, Books of the Year.

'The Devil You Know has permanently recalibrated my empathy dial.' - New Statesman, Books of the Year

'Deeply humane.' - Irish Times, Books of the Year

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