{"product_id":"picking-up-the-pieces-book-paul-britton-9780552147187","title":"Picking Up The Pieces","description":"The extraordinary and fascinating new book by the author of the award-winning bestseller The Jigsaw Man  Forensic  psychologist Paul Britton can 'walk through the minds' of those who  murder, rape, torture, extort and kidnap. He can see the world through  their eyes and know what they're thinking. That is why the police have  called on him to help with many high-profile criminal investigations and  catch those responsible.  How does he do it? Paul Britton's newest book, Picking Up the Pieces,  reveals the psychological and forensic foundations upon which he has  based his expertise. It is a remarkable journey into the darkest  recesses of the human mind. From top security prisons and mental  hospitals to ordinary outpatients' clinics, Britton introduces us to his  clinical and forensic work. A man turns into a werewolf at four o'clock  every afternoon. Another has built an electric chair in his basement to  kill his father. A woman accepts the blame for abusing her child when  she had nothing to do with it. How can they be helped? When Britton so  accurately profiled the child killers of Jamie Bulger in Liverpool, or  told police the true nature of Frederick and Rosemary West, he could do  so because he had treated disturbed children and confronted sadistic  sexual murderers in his consulting room.   For twenty-five  years Britton has interviewed, assessed and treated people with damaged  or broken minds. Some were  responsible for terrible crimes, others were  stopped before it was too late. The answers aren't hidden at bloody  crime scenes or in the post-mortem photographs. Instead, the truth is  often locked away within someone's mind or deep in their past.  Picking Up the Pieces is not a sequel to Britton's award-winning autobiography The Jigsaw Man, but a companion volume that shows the heart of his work and the knowledge that underpins his conclusions.   It is a unique and revealing book that will fascinate and provoke discussion.  Paul Britton was born in 1946. Following degrees obtained in psychology  from Warwick and Sheffield universities, he has spent the last twenty  years working as a consultant clinical and forensic psychologist. He has  advised the Association of Chief Police Officers' Crime Committee on  offender profiling for many years and currently teaches postgraduates in  clinical and forensic psychology. He is married with two children. Paul  Britton is the author of Picking Up the Pieces and The Jigsaw Man, which won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award for Non-Fiction.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49519853109521,"sku":"GOR001208256","price":4.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49527309304081,"sku":"GOR000824195","price":4.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49542567297297,"sku":"GOR000959376","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49727490654481,"sku":"NGR9780552147187","price":10.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50354414387473,"sku":"CIN0552147184A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50354418286865,"sku":"CIN0552147184G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50786632761617,"sku":"CIN0552147184VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0552147184.jpg?v=1750976177","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/picking-up-the-pieces-book-paul-britton-9780552147187","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}