Straight Talk about Criminals: Understanding and Treating Antisocial Individuals
Dr. Samenow knows more about the criminal personality than anyone I know. The 'straight talk about criminals' he gives us, after spending more than twenty-seven years interviewing, evaluating, and treating men, women, and children convicted of a variety of crimes, is a must-read for anyone working with convicted felons as well as for the lay person with questions about the criminal personality and how it got to be that way. (John Douglas, Ed.D.)Stanton Samenow drives home with unprecedented power the revolutionary discovery of his clinical experience—namely, that to treat the antisocial individual we must understand the self-serving distortions of the criminal mind. Only recently has cognitive-behavioral research caught up with and confirmed Samenow's discovery, which is lucidly articulated and expanded through a straightforward question-and-answer format.Straight Talk About Criminalsshould be required reading for anyone who would work with chronic offenders. (John C. Gibbs, Ph.D.)