Books

Inside the Criminal Mind
Copyright 1984, 2004, 2014.

Long-held myths defining the sources of and cures for crime are shattered in this ground-breaking book--and a chilling profile of today's criminal emerges.

• Fully revised, expanded, updated 2014 version, in paperback.
• New Information in the 2014 edition includes:
• The Internet as a rapidly growing arena for criminal activity
• Expanded discussion of the criminal's experience of intrigue, excitement, and financial gain from using, manufacturing and distributing drugs
• Examination of two different homicide cases where the perpetrators come from opposite backgrounds but have nearly identical thinking processes, demonstrating that criminality cannot be attributed to parental upbringing and the larger social environment
• A new chapter on the criminal's simmering anger and why "anger management" programs with a criminal population are futile
• A new chapter on sex in the life of the criminal
• A close look inside prison walls offering a vivid picture of what employees at prisons and jails encounter daily
• Updated genetic and biological research as to whether some people are "wired" to become criminals.

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Read related interview: Forbidden Fruits: A Journey Inside the Criminal Mind with Dr. Samenow

The Myth of the Out of Character Crime
Copyright 2007, 2010.

From time to time, into the news burst accounts of regular people who commit crimes that seem totally out of character according to those who know them well. Lee Malvo, one of the D.C. snipers, was known to his friends and family as a smart, promising man. "Steven," was a talented, young scientist with no criminal record. No one suspected he was capable of injuring another-until he was arrested for abducting a man, handcuffing him, and threatening to blow off his head with a pistol. What makes these otherwise stable and respected men and women commit crimes? Why do those who know them best not see the signs? Are there clues people can look out for when a person is about to "snap?" What in the psychological makeup of defendants resulted in their committing crimes? Here, a seasoned forensic psychologist delves into the psyches of these otherwise "normal" people, whom he has treated and researched for many years.

2010 paperback version available for $15.95. Place your order.

Read the following review from The Washington Post: A Child's Eye View

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• This is a body of work which gives concerned parents and professionals instructive insight into the personality of "problem children" and gives practical suggestions for taking corrective and remedial steps before it's too late.

• Is there a genetic predisposition to crime?
• Should mental illness be taken into account?
• Do family and social environments have a role?
• Do people become abusers because they have been abused?
• How can people who do terrible things consider themselves good people?
• What should someone involved in a relationship with a criminal know?

• Volume I: A Profile For Change -- The authors present a detailed description of criminal thinking and action patterns and convincingly argue that these patterns cannot be understood by sociologic or psychologic explanations alone. They stress that the thinking patterns in the criminal must be altered in the change process.
• Volume II: The Change Process -- This book describes an intensive therapeutic approach designed to completely change the criminal's way of thinking. The authors reject traditional treatment approaches as reinforcing the criminal's sense of being a victim of society. Rather, Yochelson and Samenow stress that the offender must make a choice to give up criminal thinking and learn morality.
• Volume III: The Drug User -- Volume III extends their findings and procedures to drug-using criminals.

Complete three volume sets of "The Criminal Personality" in softcover available through Dr. Samenow; e-mail to samenow@cox.net. Must purchase entire set.

These can also be ordered direct via phone at 1-800-782-0015 (Aronson Publishers)