“I had issues with this book. Pat Brown is a self-taught profiler. That's not the problem. My problem is that she expresses a lot of prejudice in her writing, and in her work, yet does not clearly demonstrate the data with which she comes to her conclusions. At the same time, none of the cases profiled in this book have lead to successful prosecutions of individuals. Has Brown ever had a case that has seen the conviction of those she accuses?
The book does read well, however, and the stories she presents are fascinating. It is more of a memoir than anything. Like other reviewers, I assumed that I would learn a bit about the (inexact) science of profiling. You will not get that from this book.”
missed wrote this review Monday, May 17, 2010.
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