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A review by reedalong
Mindhunter by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
Read this because I watched Mindhunter on Netflix and have an interest in how terrible crimes are analyzed and processed. Specifically, I have an interest in how the methods of profiling have been developed. (I enjoyed those aspects of the Thomas Harris books and in other related media too.)
This work contains a lot of information about the development of this skill. I find what Dougals did, and what he learned, fascinating, even if I find his tone and opinions about certain topics personally disagreeable. (Thinking that violent crime is a moral issue that should be primarily addressed through more policing and prisons while also arguing that it is perpetrated almost exclusively by those who have gone through trauma and abuse sure feels like mental gymnastics, but we all suffer a bit of cognative dissodence now and again I suppose.)
Overall an interesting and engaging, though obviously dark, read.
This work contains a lot of information about the development of this skill. I find what Dougals did, and what he learned, fascinating, even if I find his tone and opinions about certain topics personally disagreeable. (Thinking that violent crime is a moral issue that should be primarily addressed through more policing and prisons while also arguing that it is perpetrated almost exclusively by those who have gone through trauma and abuse sure feels like mental gymnastics, but we all suffer a bit of cognative dissodence now and again I suppose.)
Overall an interesting and engaging, though obviously dark, read.