犯罪心理的内幕 

这本书, coauthored by Steven Matthew Constantine, the associate director of marketing and communications at the Connell School, draws on crime scene drawings and transcripts of interviews with serial killers to take readers behind the scenes of several gruesome murder cases. 在70年代早期, Burgess and her BC colleague Lynda Lytle Holmstrom became pioneers in sexual assault research by studying its traumatic effects on victims at Boston City Hospital. A lecture that Burgess gave at the FBI Academy on this research led to a two-decade partnership with the bureau’s Behavioral Science Unit to examine the psychology of the perpetrators. She worked with FBI agents on an innovative project to interview incarcerated murderers to better understand their motivations. Burgess “understood both the psychology of the disturbed individuals,她写道。, “and the steps needed to develop this messy, nonnumerical research into a standardized study.” The team ultimately used this criminal profiling to catch dozens of violent criminals.

Nearly thirty years after her work with the FBI ended, Burgess’s trailblazing methods are now widely used by law enforcement. She said she was inspired to write her book, 在某种程度上, 由#MeToo运动发起, 哪一个 has brought discussions about sexual assault to the forefront. Its publication also comes at a time when the popularity of true crime podcasts and shows has exploded. “The more you hear these stories,” she said, “the more you think in terms of ‘How can I prevent this?’” 

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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds 迈克尔·刘易斯

“This is the fascinating story of the long-running partnership between psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, who truly changed the way we understand decision-making. 这本书 shows the power of persistence and how far people can go when they truly collaborate, and how quickly that collaboration suffers when the issue of who gets credit pops up.”

—亚历山大Tomic, associate dean for strategy, innovation, and technology at BC’s Woods College of Advancing Studies