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I have an obsession with all things morbid. I am fascinated by serial killers capable of committing some of the worst atrocities human beings are capable of doing. What fascinates me the most is why they do the terrible things they do. What would have to happen to a person to make them do something so evil?
Kerry Daynes fuelled by a need to understand these killers and her desire to help them, embarks on a career in forensic psychology and her book is a glimpse into some of her experiences.
The stories Daynes shares range from shocking to funny to chilling. As a woman, she faces an additional level of scrutiny and abuse that must have felt suffocating. The first half of the book focuses on Daynes' time working in prisons. Later she moves to women-only secure units which I found less interesting but still engaging.
Daynes now works for herself as a kind of consultant/ motivational speaker and from her experiences you can see why she is so successful. She has seen the worst of what people can do to each other but she is also willing to understand the context for these actions. She asks 'why?' and rather than try to fix the wrongs the people she works with have committed, she chooses to show compassion by doing what so few people do - she simply listens.
Kerry Daynes fuelled by a need to understand these killers and her desire to help them, embarks on a career in forensic psychology and her book is a glimpse into some of her experiences.
The stories Daynes shares range from shocking to funny to chilling. As a woman, she faces an additional level of scrutiny and abuse that must have felt suffocating. The first half of the book focuses on Daynes' time working in prisons. Later she moves to women-only secure units which I found less interesting but still engaging.
Daynes now works for herself as a kind of consultant/ motivational speaker and from her experiences you can see why she is so successful. She has seen the worst of what people can do to each other but she is also willing to understand the context for these actions. She asks 'why?' and rather than try to fix the wrongs the people she works with have committed, she chooses to show compassion by doing what so few people do - she simply listens.