This book corrects common media misconceptions about the nature of the criminal psyche in order to help writers create more credible and convincing characters. The Criminal Mind examines the fundamentals of psychology and law, theories of criminality, and character disorders that can lead to criminal behavior. Writers will learn how criminals think and how forensic psycholog...(展开全部)

安琪拉·阿卡曼 （ Angela Ackerman） 美国作家、写作教练、演讲家，SCBWI（儿童书作家和插画家协会）会员，主要创作以“年轻人的烦恼”为题材的小说。现在和丈夫、两个孩子、爱犬和宠物鱼一起生活在毗邻落基山脉的加拿大阿尔伯塔省卡尔加里。 贝卡·帕格利希 （Becca Puglisi） 美国作家、写作教练、演讲家，SCBWI会员，主要创作面向青年读者的奇幻小说与历史虚构作品，同时也为杂志撰稿。生活在阳光灿烂的佛罗里达南部，平时喜欢看电影、喝含咖啡因的饮料。现在和丈夫及两个孩子生活在一起。

From Publishers Weekly This revised edition of a 1984 study is long on assertion and short on evidence. Dr. Samenow, a clinical psychologist, is legitimately disdainful of explanations of criminal behavior that blame everyone (society, family, violent television, etc.) but the criminal for his actions, but his counter-arguments will persuade few. He makes frequent sweeping gene...(展开全部)

Packed with intriguing case histories from around the world, this fascinating book shows how criminologists use profiling to track down serial killers, rapists, bombers, and kidnappers. This behind-the-scenes study reveals how investigators use the crime scene, handwriting analysis, geographic targeting, and other tools to construct unique, detailed profiles of individual villa...(展开全部)

Packed with intriguing case histories from around the world, this fascinating book shows how criminologists use profiling to track down serial killers, rapists, bombers, and kidnappers. This behind-the-scenes study reveals how investigators use the crime scene, handwriting analysis, geographic targeting, and other tools to construct unique, detailed profiles of individual villa...(展开全部)

What's the best way to secure a conviction in court? Forensic evidence. Crime detection has been revolutionized by advanced technology and "Crime Scene" enables you to see how it's done. Expert consultants ranging from a government pathologist to a professor of toxicology discuss real-life case studies. The book is illustrated with colour photography throughout. length: (cm)...(展开全部)

It’s a writer’s job to create compelling characters who can withstand life’s fallout without giving up. But building authentic, memorable heroes is no easy task. To forge realistic characters, we must hobble them with flaws that set them back while giving them positive attributes to help them achieve their goals. So how do writers choose the right blend of strengths for their c...(展开全部)

Readers connect to characters with depth, ones who have experienced life's ups and downs. To deliver key players that are both realistic and compelling, writers must know them intimately-not only who they are in the present story, but also what made them that way. Of all the formative experiences in a character's past, none are more destructive than emotional wounds. The afters...(展开全部)

Making readers care and feel like they’re part of the story should be the number one goal of all writers. Ironically, many storytellers fail to maximize one of fiction’s most powerful elements to achieve this: the setting. Rather than being a simple backdrop against which events unfold, every location has the potential to become a conduit for conveying emotion, characterizing t...(展开全部)

As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience. What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does it exist? We take our experience of being in the world for granted. But the very existenc...(展开全部)