The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion (The Sunday Times Bestseller)

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I’m not one to give 5 stars, but this book kept me wanting to read more and more. I finished it in two days. I highly recommend it and I did give it 5 stars since I would recommend my friends to read it. White supremacy cannot be appeased. It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be convinced. White supremacy is ravenous and vicious. It is America’s embryonic fluid. American was born in it and genetically coded by it. No amount of hoping or waiting, coalition-building or Kumbaya can redress that reality. We are looking into individual stories, Dr Adshead is trying to understand how it all has come to that and how each individual can be helped. Sometimes, as one reads, the struggle to understand feels at odds with a reflex moral outrage. You might want to retort: “This story doesn’t excuse it!” (Whatever “it” might be.) But The Devil You Know is not a book of excuses. It persuades us that it is only through understanding why horrific crimes happen that mental health services and the judicial system can have any chance of being improved. This revelatory book encourages us to see that it is our responsibility to consider the worst of humanity – and of ourselves. And while we are at it, it urges us to hang on to Adshead’s most powerful imperative: “the duty of hope”. Today’s statistics indicate that seven out of ten people in the UK are likely to experience PTSD in their lives

Also it occurred to me while reading that no one would actually move to the South in large numbers for social justice alone. It had to be for economic reasons. And those do exist and I think that is what is making the New South is economic opportunities. There are new jobs here and lower cost of living. But who we see coming here are Millennials, who are demographically more diverse. Blow’s book is interesting but he doesn’t really spend a lot of time on statistics or economic truths - analyzing what is currently happening already. So the second half of his book fell a bit short. Why postulate when we have the data? I found the narration of the Audiobook far too slow, so played it at 1.3x otherwise I think I’d have given up before the end of the first chapter, but I did enjoy that it was narrated by Dr Adshead herself, as the inflections and intonations were genuine and natural. Tatum is about to start college and her main goal before then: lose her V-card. But it’s not as simple as that, she also wants someone to teacher her. Enter Cooper. He’s Tatum’s brothers best friend, a little older, her crush and completely off limits.To be clear, prior to the Emancipation Proclamation, political power was dependent on the institution of slavery even though we couldn’t vote and in spite of the fact that we were only partially human. The framers of the Constitution sanctioned this method of the distribution of political power, which was rooted in greed, through the Electoral College and the 3/5th Compromise. The southern states were the initial beneficiaries and a civil war would prove to be the only remedy. However, the freeing of the enslaved was not an act of altruism...

Nusikaltėlių istorijų eskalavimas nėra etiškai teisingas, nes ilgainiui jos populiarina ir netiesiogiai normalizuoja nusikalstamą elgesį, pagrindiniai jų veikėjai tampa komerciškai pelningais objektais, apie kuriuos kuriami didelio žiūrimumo sulaukiantys filmai ir serialai (pvz. kas dar nematė „Dahmer“?). O tuo tarpu jų aukos lieka pamirštos. It’s an interesting and insightful read, and certainly helps to give a different perspective on the “monsters” who commit violent crime. Looking behind the newspaper headlines and into the psyche of those imprisoned in secure hospitals, to see the person rather than the perpetrator. Evet yok yoktu bu kitapta ve tam olarak kafa dağıtmalık bir oturuşta okunabilecek bir kitap. Öncelikle beklediğimden daha atesliydi. Coop ve dirty talkları 💥 eridik eridik. Ayrıca Tatum'dan etkilendiğini anladığı anda sadece ona odaklanması ve başka kimseye bakmaması..severiz böyle karakterleri🤌 I was a little bit put off by the first chapter in which she talks about having some compassion for these people, but by the end of the book I completely understand where she is coming from. Her ability to see these people as humans, as something more than their actions, is remarkable....and I'm not sure if that is a personality trait unique to her, or due to the field she is in.vakası, çocuklarına cinsel istismar suçu ile yargılanan bir adamın utanç duygusu ile çevrilmiş yaşantısını gözler önüne seriyor.

Charlotte; çocukluk döneminde yaşanan travmaların ve karşılanmayan aidiyet ihtiyacının, bir grup iradesine boyun eğmede ve şiddete yönelmede etkisini inceliyor. The idea is a fascinating one, but for me, part of the power of this small book was in the context the author provides for WHY he believes this is the right course of action to create traction for what has been an intractable issue. Again, the institution of slavery was the impetus to the war, but political power was the primary objective. If we’ve learned anything since Emancipation, we know that the North is no better than the South when it comes to racism. I call it the “same whore in a different dress” or “The Devil You Know”. Faber Members have access to live and online events, special editions and book promotions, and articles and quizzes through our weekly e-newsletter.Other than that, I was all aboard for most everything Blow wrote. One of the best things about this book is Blow's clarity of concepts, his logical reasoning, his apt comparisons, and transparent communication. I am in love with his writing style, and his skill turned what could have been a dry recitation of history, facts and theories into an almost always enrapturing narrative. The ‘patients’ were often uncooperative, and their crimes unspeakable, and the sheer difficulty of engaging with them made unrelentingly uncomfortable reading. This compassion for the perpetrators is probably entirely and absolutely correct but it really challenges the reader. You are perpetually thinking that there were never any teams of carers for the victims’ families.

Coop has so much depth to him, which you wouldn't see on your first interaction, but basically he's so tired of being seen as a playboy. He doesn't know what he wants to do with his life, and he adores that T has always known, plus he's always had a softness for he's besties little sister, even though he knows he can never have her. So even though he initially rejects her proposal he finds a way they can both each other: he will "tutor" her during the summer so she's ready for dating life, and she will help him narrow down what he wants to do with his life and help him get ready for classes. We all know they are fighting deeper feelings for one another than they are willing to admit, and I loved how much Coop loved Tatum. He never once made her feel anything less than she deserved and never pressured her for more than she could give, even if it hurt him in the process. Plus she really brought out what was always in him, and made everyone else around them see the potential she always saw. They were just such a cute couple!! Tiesa, buvo kelios istorijos, kur padėjo jaunai mamai, greit neteksiančiai trečio vaiko globos teisių ir moters, linkusios padeginėti. Tatum was such a sweetie! I’m not the biggest fan of the virgin heroine trope, but it didn’t bother me here. On the contrary, I actually really liked how Veronica Eden handled that topic. For a Negro, there’s no difference between the North and South. There’s just a difference in the way they castrate you. But the fact of the castration is the American fact.” – James Baldwin, I Am Not Your Negro.Sam vakası; babasını öldürme suçu ile yargılanan, işitsel halüsinasyonlara sahip bir kişinin grup terapisi çerçevesinde davranışları ile yüzleşmesini konu alıyor. Lydia ; çocukluk döneminde bakım veren kişi ile kurulan bağlanma yapısının, yetişkinlikteki etkileşimlere etkilerini, ısrarlı takip suçu çerçevesinde işliyor. We had given him a chance to resolve his inner conflict by caring for him, allowing him to talk about his needs and his anger towards people who had failed him early in his life Dr Gwen Adshead is one of Britain’s leading forensic psychiatrists. She treats serial killers, arsonists, stalkers, gang members and other individuals who are usually labelled ‘monsters’. Whatever their crime, she listens to their stories and helps them to better understand their terrible acts of violence. Here Adshead invites the reader to step with her into the room to meet twelve patients and discover how minds can change. These men and women are revealed in all their complexity and shared humanity. Their stories make a powerful case for rehabilitation over revenge, compassion over condemnation. The Devil You Know will challenge everything you thought you knew about human nature.