{"product_id":"a-girls-guide-to-the-criminal-mind-the-survival-handbook-9781523902347","title":"A Girl's Guide to the Criminal Mind: The Survival Handbook","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe USA has 76 percent of the world's serial killers. During the 1980s, FBI special agents traveled around the country to conduct death row interviews with 198 of them. The FBI agents from Quantico gained valuable insights into a predator's mindset. This information formed the basis of a new field of study called behavioral profiling. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis face-to-face research continues today. Thousands of serial rapists and sexual murderers have disclosed tricks of the trade to criminal profilers and forensic psychiatrists. But what the professionals discovered about their modus operandi has never been made available to those who need it most-their prey-and Alison Summers wants to change that. She spent seven years collecting material from FBI behavioral profilers, and forensic psychologists and psychiatrists, and then she condensed a treasure trove of lifesaving information into this easy-to-read guide for women and girls.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExperts believe a predator's best weapon is surprise. In this book, Summers takes that weapon away. Using real-life cases, prison interviews, and testimonies by rape survivors, Summers analyzes elements that are needed for the criminal's plan to succeed, and how we might outwit him. She shows us how to view people and hunting grounds through predatory eyes, and lists simple precautions that have saved lives. The author reveals the most popular ruses and verbal persuasions predators to use to win a victim's trust. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Girl's Guide to a Criminal Mind\u003c\/i\u003e is an original and powerful survival guide for women and girls who want to take back the night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlison Summers is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003ePunch Me in the Stomach\u003c\/i\u003e, an award-winning play that premiered at New York Theater Workshop. As a director of off-Broadway plays for more than a decade, Summers directed productions at many leading theaters including the Classic Stage Company, the Circle Repertory Company, New York Theater Workshop, and the Lincoln Center Lab. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummers published her first book \u003ci\u003eA Girl's Guide to Predators\u003c\/i\u003e with Pan Macmillan in 2010. It is currently being developed as a TV series.\u003c\/p\u003e Originally from Sydney, Australia, Alison Summers lives in Brooklyn with her two sons and their dog.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50351271641362,"sku":"9781523902347","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b5742cc3-cfba-4ef8-8ee4-32de3048e85d.jpg?v=1728259895","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-girls-guide-to-the-criminal-mind-the-survival-handbook-9781523902347","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}