The demon you know

How much truth is there in modern detective novels and TV series about forensic psychiatrists? Why do people kill - not in domestic quarrels and not for obvious reasons? Why do law-abiding people become serial killers, taking others' lives with cold-blooded cruelty? And can they be cured - even slowly and difficultly, through years and decades of hard work - and released back into society? Or should such criminals be isolated from society forever? Renowned British psychiatrist Gwen Adshead worked with mentally ill criminals for thirty years - working with professional objectivity, not judging or condemning, but listening and sorting out their confessions. And this book is the result of her communication with those whom we reasonably consider "devils in the flesh."