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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael H. Stone, MDPublisher: Prometheus Books Imprint: Prometheus Books Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.599kg ISBN: 9781633883352ISBN 10: 1633883353 Pages: 496 Publication Date: 07 November 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsTrue crime readers and those interested in learning more about the possible motivations of torturers and deranged killers will want to give this a look....The nature of the crimes, the sheer depth of evil makes this as terrifying a read as any thriller and worse, the villains are real. --Monsters and Critics.com Psychiatrist Stone...provides an etymology of evil with case studies of over 600 violent criminals, giving readers a comprehensive picture of the nature and varieties of human evil.... useful to those seeking the neurological and psychiatric reasons people commit 'evil' crimes. --Library Journal This book is well researched and thorough, and Dr. Stone hopes that it will help us understand and judge the criminals whose criminal impulses cause such terrible suffering. --Sacramento Book Review This excellent study of evil and forensic psychiatry will be valuable to anyone interested in why people commit evil acts. Recommended. All readers. --Choice This is a very readable book...these pages prompted a good deal of reflection and conversation. In this spirit, I would recommend the book to you. --American Journal of Psychiatry PRAISE FOR ORIGINAL EDITION OF THE ANATOMY OF EVIL -True crime readers and those interested in learning more about the possible motivations of torturers and deranged killers will want to give this a look....The nature of the crimes, the sheer depth of evil makes this as terrifying a read as any thriller and worse, the villains are real.- --Monsters and Critics.com -Psychiatrist Stone...provides an etymology of evil with case studies of over 600 violent criminals, giving readers a comprehensive picture of the nature and varieties of human evil.... useful to those seeking the neurological and psychiatric reasons people commit 'evil' crimes.- --Library Journal Xpress Reviews (web-exclusive) -This book is well researched and thorough, and Dr. Stone hopes that it will help us understand and judge the criminals whose criminal impulses cause such terrible suffering.- --Sacramento Book Review -This excellent study of evil and forensic psychiatry will be valuable to anyone interested in why people commit evil acts. Recommended. All readers.- --Choice -This is a very readable book...these 430 pages prompted a good deal of reflection and conversation. In this spirit, I would recommend the book to you.---American Journal of Psychiatry True crime readers and those interested in learning more about the possible motivations of torturers and deranged killers will want to give this a look....The nature of the crimes, the sheer depth of evil makes this as terrifying a read as any thriller and worse, the villains are real. --Monsters and Critics.com Psychiatrist Stone...provides an etymology of evil with case studies of over 600 violent criminals, giving readers a comprehensive picture of the nature and varieties of human evil.... useful to those seeking the neurological and psychiatric reasons people commit 'evil' crimes. --Library Journal This book is well researched and thorough, and Dr. Stone hopes that it will help us understand and judge the criminals whose criminal impulses cause such terrible suffering. --Sacramento Book Review This excellent study of evil and forensic psychiatry will be valuable to anyone interested in why people commit evil acts. Recommended. All readers. --Choice This is a very readable book...these pages prompted a good deal of reflection and conversation. In this spirit, I would recommend the book to you. --American Journal of Psychiatry PRAISE FOR ORIGINAL EDITION OF THE ANATOMY OF EVIL -True crime readers and those interested in learning more about the possible motivations of torturers and deranged killers will want to give this a look....The nature of the crimes, the sheer depth of evil makes this as terrifying a read as any thriller and worse, the villains are real.- --Monsters and Critics.com -Psychiatrist Stone...provides an etymology of evil with case studies of over 600 violent criminals, giving readers a comprehensive picture of the nature and varieties of human evil.... useful to those seeking the neurological and psychiatric reasons people commit 'evil' crimes.- --Library Journal Xpress Reviews (web-exclusive) -This book is well researched and thorough, and Dr. Stone hopes that it will help us understand and judge the criminals whose criminal impulses cause such terrible suffering.- --Sacramento Book Review -This excellent study of evil and forensic psychiatry will be valuable to anyone interested in why people commit evil acts. Recommended. All readers.- --Choice -This is a very readable book...these 430 pages prompted a good deal of reflection and conversation. In this spirit, I would recommend the book to you.- --American Journal of Psychiatry Author InformationMichael H. Stone, MD is professor of clinical psychiatry at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is the author of ten books, most recently Personality Disorders- Treatable and Untreatable, and over two hundred professional articles and book chapters. From 2006 to 2008, he was the host of Discovery Channel's series Most Evil and has been featured in the New York Times, Psychology Today, the Christian Science Monitor, CNN, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, the New York Post, the London Times, the BBC, and Newsday, among many other media outlets. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |