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Pools of blood, scenes of carnage, signs of agonising death - who deals with the aftermath of violence once the bodies have been taken away? Judith Kepler has seen it all. She is a crime-scene specialist. She turns crime scenes back into habitable spaces. She is a cleaner. It is at the home of a woman who has been brutally murdered that she is suddenly confronted with her own past. The murder victim knew Judith's secret: as a child Judith was sent to an orphanage under mysterious circumstances - parentage unknown.

Brigitte Scholl disappeared on 29 December 2011, the day after her 47th wedding anniversary. The flowers her husband had given her - red roses - were still on the living room table; in the corner stood the Christmas tree, straight as a die and lavishly decorated. Everything had to be just so. It was to be perfect right up to the end. A woman is brutally murdered and buried in the woods. Suspicion falls on her husband - the former mayor of a small town south of Berlin. They had been married almost 50 years and were considered the perfect couple.

It has been nearly a year since psychologist Daniel Rinaldi, a trauma expert who consults with the Pittsburgh Police, helped unravel a baffling murder, and now he finds himself drawn into another case. In the midst of a blistering summer heat wave, a daring bank robbery has gone horribly wrong, resulting in the deaths of all the hostages except one, Treva Williams, and Rinaldi is called in to treat the young woman.

'Whodunnit' doesn't matter so much, not to a forensic psychiatrist. We're more interested in the 'why'. In his 26 years in the field, Richard Taylor has worked on well over a hundred murder cases, with victims and perpetrators from all walks of life. In this fascinating memoir, Taylor draws on...

The trial of twenty-five year old Casey Anthony for the death of her daughter Caylee was the most sensational case in America since O.J. Simpson's—with a verdict every bit as stunning. After being acquitted in July 2011, Ms. Anthony instantly became one of the most infamous women in the world...

Brought to you by Penguin. The heart-wrenchingly honest new book about life and death from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of Unnatural Causes, Dr Richard Shepherd. This book is about death, but in it I will take readers on a journey through life... What can death teach us about life?...

A veces nos encontramos en la vida con personas que nos dicen algo que luego resulta no ser cierto, eso puede que no deje de ser una anécdota; pero cuando las mentiras son constantes, puede que estemos ante un mitómano, es decir, una persona que miente casi compulsivamente, también conocido como mentiroso patológico. Con este texto aprenderá en qué consiste, cómo diferenciarlo de otros casos que muestran síntomas parecidos de mentiras y cómo tratar este problema.

El objetivo del libro es dar a conocer la problemática de la adicción a la mentira y sus consecuencias tanto en la persona que lo sufre como en los que le rodean. Para ello se analiza la mentira, cómo surge y cómo diferenciarla de la patología; igualmente se dan recomendaciones sobre cómo tratar a dichas personas. Todo ello explicado con un lenguaje claro y sencillo, alejado de los tecnicismos, explicando cada concepto, de forma que pueda servir como una verdadera guía. 

Serial killers: Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer are often the first names that spring to mind. Many people assume serial killers are primarily an American phenomenon that came about in the latter part of the 20th century. But such assumptions are far from the truth. Serial killers have been around for a very long time and can be found in every corner of the globe - and they're not just limited to the male gender either. Some of these predators have been caught and brought to justice whereas others have never been found, let alone identified.

'Endlessly fascinating...meticulously written and thoroughly absorbing book' Financial Times 'Eye-opening' Daily Mail Out now: The gripping new book by the UK's most eminent forensic scientists, Angela Gallop __________ CRIME [Noun]: An action or omission which constitutes an offence and is...

We all know what psychopathy is. Or, at least, we think we do. For decades, we have looked at psychopaths as something 'other': as monsters, or bogeyman. But psychopaths don't just exist on our screens - they exist in our communities, offices and, sometimes, in our very own families. The...

Si vous avez été l’un des patients de ce médecin tueur en série prolifique, vous avez de la chance d'être encore en vie. Faites la connaissance de Harold Shipman, un tueur en série avec une propension troublante à assassiner un type spécifique de patients. Avec environ 250 victimes, il ne fait aucun doute que son nombre de meurtres pourrait être bien, bien plus élevé. Mais qu'est-ce qui l'a poussé à tuer ? Vous allez devoir continuer à lire pour le découvrir.

Тадж Нейтан, судебный психиатр, проработавший в британской пенитенциарной системе много лет. Десять историй из его практики—это десять судеб людей, попавших в обстоятельства, которые привели к преступлениям. Рассказывая о своих героях, автор ставит вопросы гораздо шире, чем того требуют его профессиональные обязанности. Что толкает человека на преступление? Можно ли это предотвратить? Можно ли изменить психологию преступника?

Арлин Одергон, психотерапевт, специалист по постконфликтной реабилитации и консультант ООН, исследует, как насилие проникает в наше сознание, превращая обычных людей в участников разрушительных конфликтов. Основываясь на собственном опыте и истории ХХ–XXI веков, она утверждает, что война начинается не с выстрела, а с манипуляции чувствами справедливости и принадлежности. Автор описывает механизмы, раскручивающие маховик войны: чувство моральной правоты подпитывает жестокость, страх становится оружием, а травма—наследием поколений.

As one of the world's leading scientists examining how our DNA shapes differences in temperament, temptation and behaviour, Harden has seen first-hand how we - in public and in our most private relationships - continue to struggle with the ancient tensions between nature and nurture, freedom and...

Justice may have been served, but the human element of the story didn't seem to add up. What drove a loving family man with everything to lose to become a killer? In March of 2023, Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of murdering his wife Maggie and their younger son Paul at their home in South...

Né dans une ferme en déclin et rapidement abandonné par son père, la vie de Carl Panzram fut sombre dès le départ. Tandis que d’autres enfants jouaient ou allaient à l’école, lui travaillait sans relâche, sous la menace constante de punitions brutales.

La tueuse de la pension de famille : l’histoire vraie de Dorothea Puente qui vous donnera des frissons dans le dos. Plongez en profondeur dans les actes horribles de la tueuse de la pension de famille, Dorothea Puente. Retournez dans le Sacramento des années 1980, en Californie. Découvrez les noms de ses victimes et les raisons impitoyables pour lesquelles elle a tué des pensionnaires âgés et atteints de troubles mentaux – si vous en avez le courage. La presse l’avait surnommée la logeuse de la maison de la mort.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Read by the author. In one of the most extraordinary true crime stories ever published, Broken Plea questions what really happened in the house on King Road—and the results of that investigation, still unfolding in real time, will astound you. Was there more...

Ein Mann lebt seine sexuellen Fantasien auf grausame Weise an Frauen aus. Zuletzt tötet er eines seiner Opfer. Nach einem Vierteljahrhundert hinter Gittern soll er wieder auf freien Fuß gesetzt werden. Seine Entlassung hängt auch von der Einschätzung seiner Psychologin ab: Wird der Mann in Freiheit strafrückfällig? Als Psychologin in der Sicherungsverwahrung einer JVA hatte Gilda Giebel täglich mit höchst gefährlichen Straftätern zu tun.