The Jigsaw Man: The Remarkable Career of Britain's Foremost Criminal Psychologist - Hardcover

Britton, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 059304066X ISBN 13: 9780593040669

Publisher: Bantam, 1997

Synopsis

The autobiography of Paul Britton, one of the foremost offender profilers in the world. What he searches for at the scene of a crime are not fingerprints, fibres or blood stains, he looks for the "mind trace" left behind by those responsible, the psychological characteristics that can help the police to identify and understand the nature of the perpetrator. Over the past dozen years, Britton has assisted the police in over 100 cases involving murder, rape, arson, extortion and kidnapping. Among them were the murder of Jamie Bulger on a lonely railway line in Liverpool, the abduction of baby Abbie Humphries, the brutal slaying of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common and the notorious "House of Horror" in Gloucester. He has helped to solve some of Britain's most baffling cases, and has also advised the FBI and the Russian Ministry of the Interior.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

"Riveting... Everyone should read it" -- Frances Fyfield * Observer * "Nothing short of sudden death will distract you from The Jigsaw Man... it's a triumph to be so interesting without a trace of sensationalism" * Independent *

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 059304066X
• ISBN 13: 9780593040669
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448