★ A popular book on criminal psychology that focuses on the personality development and psychological mechanisms of extreme violent offenders, such as serial killers and mass murderers, combining professional depth with readability.
★ From a clinical psychology perspective, this book explores a central paradox: the personality formation of brutal killers and law-abiding citizens follows the same psychological principles.
★ Drawing on over a decade of firsthand observations of violent offenders, a clinical psychologist reveals how serial killers and mass murderers gradually descend into a path of bloody violence, while also examining the possibilities of psychological intervention.
★ Mikhail Bazhin, author of “Sex, Death, and Haloperidol: Notes from an Exploration of the Criminal Brain,” has written the foreword to this book.

“It may be hard to believe, but the horrific crimes of brutal murderers and the personality development of law-abiding citizens both stem from the same psychological processes. Just as physical appearances can resemble one another, the minds of criminals, like those of ordinary people, are governed by specific psychological principles.” This book will explain why serial killers and mass murderers embark on an irreversible path of bloody violence and death. Drawing on more than a decade of research in criminal psychology, clinical psychologist Elizaveta Pavlova examines the stage-by-stage characteristics of how violent killers’ personalities develop and explores psychological interventions aimed at correcting violent tendencies.