Why do we think and do evil? What can research show us about why human beings do bad things? And what perform our reactions to deviance coach us about ourselves?

Sketching together science, psychology and philosophy, Julia Shaw unlocks the intricacies from the world of criminal psychology. Grappling with thorny dilemmas from ‘Would I destroy baby Hitler?’ to ‘Why do I wish to murder my partner?’, Making Bad will give you a better knowledge of the world, yourself, as well as your Google search background.

Original, new and strenuous, Making Evil shines a looking light in to the darker corners of the human being psyche, illuminating a modern science of wicked.