Picking Up The Pieces
Apr 2013 · Random House
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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.
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Praise for The Jigsaw Man
'Britton has done important work that saves lives. He is fascinating. His book is compelling' Sunday Times
'Precise, considered, methodical. His skill is to go beyond the guise, to understand and inhabit the psychopathic mind' Independent
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.
________________
Praise for The Jigsaw Man
'Britton has done important work that saves lives. He is fascinating. His book is compelling' Sunday Times
'Precise, considered, methodical. His skill is to go beyond the guise, to understand and inhabit the psychopathic mind' Independent
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4.7
21 reviews
Jay F
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31 May 2016
Really interesting, definitely worth a read if you like books about crime
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Jeanette Easby
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25 February 2015
Exceptionally interesting reading. Wish he'd written more.
Sarah Drew
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20 September 2014
Very interesting read
About the author
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.
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