Dancing with Demons: True Life Misadventures of a Criminal Psychologist by Tim Watson-Munro

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still excellent.

As Australia's leading criminal psychologist, he assessed over 20,000 'persons of interest' in some of the country's most notorious court cases, including Hoddle Street gunman Julian Knight, corporate fraudster Alan Bond, Melbourne gangster Alphonse Gangitano and, more recently, many of Australia's first terrorist convicts.

The frontline of psychology is not a world for the faint-hearted, and such proximity to evil wrought a devastating effect on Tim's private life. He was a leader in Melbourne's 'Corporate Cocaine Set', a hedonistic lifestyle that quickly spiralled out of control and ultimately led him to a terrible crossroads in 1999 - first wife dying, second wife pregnant, best mate betraying him to cops, career in crisis and $2000-a-week drug habit out of control.

Tim put it all on the line, handing himself into the police. He was arrested, deregistered as a psychologist and sent back to square one. But Tim resurrected himself. Today, he runs thriving practices in Sydney and Melbourne. His low road gave him even more insight into the minds of those he assesses. After all, when you are dancing with demons, it takes one to know one. (publishers blurb)