Inside the Criminal Mind

Long-held myths defining the sources of and cures for crime are shattered in this ground-breaking book - and a chilling profile of the criminal emerges.  Based on the results of more than a decade of study of criminal behavior and the extensive experience of clinical psychologist Dr. Stanton E Samenow, Inside the Criminal Mind redefines what motivates criminals and explains what must be done to deal with them effectively. The simple fact, Dr. Samenow argues, is that the criminal's way of thinking is vastly different from that of a responsible citizen.  Samenow identifies a pattern of criminal behavior - one that often begins in childhood - that refutes the widely-held beliefs that broken homes, alcoholism, violence on TV, unemployment, drug addiction, or passionate impulses are the causes of crime. These assumptions imply that society is more to blame for crime than the criminal.  But a search for a causal link has been futile, and the rehabilitation programs based on these theories ha