TW: graphic content, discusses all forms of abuse and crimes including those relating to children as well as famous true crime cases, misogyny in the prison staff system, discusses suicide/self-harm and racism/racial discrimination.
I found this book so incredibly interesting, educational and thought provoking as well as quite chilling. It also had some very emotive chapters that definitely bought the tissues out. As we all know I'm a big fan of health professional memoirs and one of the reasons for this is the dark sense of white and humour that is taken on to cope with the things they handle on a daily basis and this definitely included that. However for me I also found it quite heartbreaking to get an inside opinion on the mental health support, or lack there of, inside the prison system. I always knew it wasn't great due to one reason or another, I won't get into the political conversation surrounding it in this review, but this gives such an open and honest look at it and how it has changed over the decades of Daynes' career as a forensic psychologist. Overall, I highly recommend giving this a read if you are interested in getting a glimpse into the life of a forensic psychologist.