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The article reviews the book "The Dilemma of the Sexual Offender" by George B. Palermo and Mary Ann Farkas.

The article reviews the book "Writing the Book of the World" by Theodore Sider.

The article reviews the book "Compassionate Canadians: Civic Leaders Discuss Human Rights," by Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann.

There has been little empirical study of the abilities contributing to proficient performance in psychological profiling. The authors sought to address this issue by comparing the accuracy of psychological profiles for a closed murder case generated by groups differing primarily in characteristics posited to underlie the profiling process. In addition to a sample of professional profilers, the study recruited groups of police officers, psychologists, university students, and self-declared psychics. Another group of participants compiled a generic profile of murderers without knowledge of the specific case given to other groups. Despite the small size of the sample of profilers, there were indications that this group had a set of profiling skills superior to the individual skills represented by the other expertise groups. In addition, the performance of psychologists was better in some respects than that of police and psychics, suggesting that an educated insight into human behavior might be relatively pertinent to psychological profiling. On the other hand, it would seem that psychics relied on nothing more than the social stereotype of a murderer in their production of the offender's profile. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," Fifth Edition, by the American Psychiatric Association.

The article reviews the book "Sociology of Religion For Generations X and Y," by Adam Possamai.

The article reviews the book "Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Issues and Controversies in Law, Law Enforcement and Corrections," by B. A. Arrigo and S. L. Shipley.

The article reviews the book "Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Court, Law Enforcement and Correctional Practices," 3rd ed., by Stacey L. Shipley and Bruce A. Arrigo.

The article presents a review of the book "Handbook of Forensic Assessment: Psychological and Psychiatric Perspectives," edited by E. Y. Drogin, F. M. Dattilio, R. L. Sadoff, and T. G. Gutheil.

The article reviews the book "Assessment of Feigned Cognitive Impairment: A Neuropsychological Perspective," edited by Kyle Brauer Boone.

The article reviews the book "Clinician's Guide to Violence Risk Assessment," by J. Mills, D. Kroner, and R. Morgan.

The article reviews the book "Clinical Assessment of Malingering and Deception," edited by Richard Rogers.

The article reviews the book "Psychological Evaluations for the Courts: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers," 3rd edition by G.B. Melton, J. Petrila and N.G. Poythress.

Reviews the book `Living and Dying with AIDS,' edired by Paul I. Ahmed.

The article reviews the book "Happy pills in America: From Miltown to Prozac," by David Herzberg.

Reviews the book "Psychiatry," volumes 1 and 2, edited by Allan Tasman, Jerald Kay and Jeffrey A. Lieberman.

Reviews the book `A New Psychology of Men,' edited by Ronald F. Levant and William S. Pollack.

Reviews the book `Allies and Adversaries: The Impact of Managed Care on Mental Health Services,' by Robert K. Schreter, Steven S. Scharfstein and Carol A. Screter.

Reviews two books on psychiatry. `Psychiatry,' volumes 1 & 2, edited by Allan Tasman, Jerald Kay, and Jeffery A. Lieberman; `Psychiatry: Self Assessment and Review,' by David H. Taylor and Allan Tasman.