Understanding the person who can do this horrific crime

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	• Inside the Mind of Scott Peterson Keith Ablow St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2005 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 86 reviews view larger image
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Mixed bag of feelings on reading this book.

I have read all the books out on the Peterson case as well as having paid close attention to the news at it unfolded on national TV. I realize Keith Ablow, M.D. is an expert and very respected so I weigh my words carefully as I am simply a lay person, a medical transcriptionist for fifteen years who has typed a lot of psychiatric histories and have read true crime for years now. I do believe Dr. Ablow is on the mark with the family history and how Scott Peterson got to the point of looking like a solid human being but in actuality being as empty and void as a hollow chocolate Easter rabbit. Appearances of deception. I agree, this is a must read for anyone who followed the case. I think my mixed feelings come from the way Dr. Ablow presented his thoughts...I am at a loss quite honestly as to how to explain what I mean...I am believing other avid readers will understand after reading the book why it is difficult for me to explain. I think some of the way he presented his thoughts/findings/beliefs were odd. Again, I'm sorry I can't be more specific. Dr. Ablow talked numerous times about the pasted on SMILE, the plastic smile of Scott Peterson. What is strange here is the fact that just prior to reading Dr. Ablow's book I read the book by Laci's mother - and the cover has Laci and her mother on it smiling the same extremely wide...EXTREMELY WIDE...what I call "plastic, beauty pagent" type of smile that hurts my face muscles just looking at the picture. Every photograph of Laci has the same smile and her mother speaks in the book of her daughter ALWAYS SMILING. No one smiles ALL THE TIME, and if they do, there's something going on not being addressed. My heart aches for Laci, Connor and her family - please know I am not speaking of this for deliberate negativity, and Lord knows no one on earth deserves what she went through / what her family is going through every day of the remainder of their lives. I am only trying to understand why Dr. Ablow doesn't make a connection with Laci / smile - perpetual - as he does with Scott - smile - perpetual yet a sign of "hallowness and nonperson".
I beieve Scott Peterson definitely is insane. I believe Laci had many, many of her own issues - like so many of us do - and sad to say, her own personality and smile masked to her family - to the world perhaps - much of the reality that was going on in her own life. So often it is said "If it looks too good to be true, then for sure it is."
Like Laci's mom said - there always is divorce...then again, fairy tales do not end in divorce. They should not end in murder, either. I strongly urge anyone interested in this case to read Dr. Ablow's book, make your own judgment and please know I submitted my review with a genuine effort to express how the book left me feeling.

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Thought Provoking

The first book I read by Keith Ablow was Psychopath- and I couldn't put it down. As I read this book on Scott Peterson-so many questions were answered. Dr. Ablow gives examples, and explains in full detail from birth to prison how Scott Peterson became the person he was.

As a psychologist there were so many questions I had about Peterson's past life with his family- now I know about his controlling, manipulative mother, his spineless dad. Amazing.

A must read.

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Inside the Mind of Scott Peterson

I found Ablow's writing of this book informative and extremely educational. I have read many of his books of fiction, but, between this one and the one I read of his that shared quite a bit of his notes on his first years of psychiatric medicine I realize the author's vast knowledge and ability to 'educate'.

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Understanding the person who can do this horrific crime

It gives a true account of who Scott Peterson really is. It helps to understand a person like Scott Peterson

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The highly publicized Scott Peterson murder case captivated a public hungry for the answer to one question: Why would a man with no known history of violent crime or mental illness and with a pretty wife about to give birth brutally murder her and his unborn son? Forensic psychiatrist Keith Ablow?s national media appearances, including a groundbreaking interview on Oprah, resulted in enormous public response, saying that his theories about the spawning of a killer inside Peterson were the first that made sense to them. Members of Scott?s and Laci?s families have also stated that his comments were the first that helped them understand what might have happened inside Scott?s mind. Inside the Mind of Scott Peterson takes readers into the psyche of a killer, exploring:

How Scott Peterson?s empathy for others was shattered by a three-generation ?bloodline? of childhood loss and abandonmentWhy an addiction to sex took root in Peterson?s psycheWhy Peterson?s meeting Amber Frey while his wife was pregnant triggered the ?perfect? psychological stormClues to Peterson?s guilt in his interviews with Gloria Gomez and Diane SawyerWhat Peterson was probably thinking as he listened to testimony in court and received his death sentenceWhy Peterson could kill again, if released
Using contacts at the FBI, and hiring private investigators and researchers, Keith Ablow delves deeply into Scott Peterson?s life story to answer the question: How did an all-American boy turn into a ruthless killer?

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