Why Did They Do It? ""Inside the minds of Australia's most unlikely killers""

Pan Macmillan Australia, 2015. Softcover. Very Good +. TRUE CRIME AUSTRALIA  The cases that stunned Australia - and left us all with one question: why did they do it?Gerard Baden-Clay was described as charming and successful, with a picture-perfect life, until he murdered his wife, Allison. John Myles Sharpe killed his pregnant wife and their young daughter with a spear gun. Simon Gittany flung his fiancee off the balcony of his upmarket inner-city apartment, having proposed lovingly to her, in public, just two months before. These and other crimes, committed by people described as average, ordinary, normal.In Why Did They Do It?, respected journalist Cheryl Critchley teams with esteemed psychologist Dr Helen McGrath to dissect the cases and identify the personality disorders of each of the killers. Using psychological analysis, combined with scientific evidence, they identify the reasoning and motives of the men and women whose brutal crimes shocked the nation. Cheryl Critchley and psychologist Professor Helen McGrath analyse the minds and motivations behind crimes that shocked Australia.xiii, 386 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, colour portraits, colour photographs ; 24 cm. #040823 Murderers -- Australia -- Case studies Murderers -- Australia -- Psychology Murder -- Australia -- Case studies Australian Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Softcover Very Good +