Shrunk
Crime and Disorders of the Mind

An insightful book into the criminal justice system and the role of mental health professionals in the system. Like so much of our society main stream media has had a strong influence on how the general public views mentally ill criminals. This book presents these same stories from a very different......more

This book sat on my TBR list for upwards of seven years before I got my hands on a copy and I was extremely disappointed once I did. For context, when I was an undergraduate student focusing in Forensic Psychology I worked under a contributor to this collection. I then went on to obtain my GCert in......more

Recommended for readers interested in the forensic field of psychology of the abnormal perpetrator. Most of the information is about the criminal justices systems deriving from the British one, mainly those of Canada and the U.S., as they pertain to that field. I was already familiar with this and wo......more

This one could easily rate 3 stars because of a lot of variation in approach and quality in the essays that make up the book. Am giving it 4 stars because the perspectives from professionals involved with criminally accused who suffer from mental disorders shed much light on a poorly understood aspe......more