Dangerous Personalities: An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People Paperback – January 16, 2018

This book, more than almost all others, is a must read.Everyone who works, goes to school, lives in a neighborhood or family, or who dates, needs this book.The checklists alone are worth more than gold.They're for regular people to use to assess if someone in their sphere is dangerous.They even help you evaluate HOW dangerous they are.Then he provides the reader with vital information about what to do when they're around a dangerous person.The book is concise and easy to use as a reference book after you've read it.He has an excellent bibliography, too.If everyone read this book, life would be so much more peaceful.

A useful and worthwhile book that helps the "average" person to honor his or her instincts against those destructive people who often enter their lives. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we didn't need such survival guides, but the world is what it is, and it's better to be educated and prepared when these frightening predators and leeches come our way. Joe Navarro's experience as an FBI agent gives the book power and authenticity, and his co-author Toni Sciarra Poynter helps the writing to feel accessible, elegant, and informal. This isn't a clinical book which diagnoses illness and borderline personalities: it's instead a guide for those who encounter such problematical and often terrifying people, showing case studies and possible solutions to such entanglements. The checklists are thorough and some of the stories are disturbing, but that's the point. What comes across most clearly is that often (too often) we ignore our instincts against people who seem "off" to us, or who are irritating or bullying. The culture expects us to "get along," and often this means dismissing our gut-- which tells us frequently, "get away from this person." Navarro's book encourages readers to honor their feelings and to respect their conscience when they sense they are in a bad relationship, work environment, or unpleasant public encounter. There's a list of resources for those who have been abused or who are in peril in the back of the book, and the authors makes it a point to reinforce their important message: "It's NEVER okay for others to abuse, use, or harm you, and you have the right to call them on it, to escape, to call the police, or to tell them to stop." I don't think this book is only for those who have already suffered: it might help potential victims to recognize the warning signs of dangerous people BEFORE a crisis unfolds, and save themselves a lifetime of suffering, regret, or pain. Recommended.

This book is not a clinical reference book. It is written to help the lay person spot and identify difficult personalities in their lives. Mr. Navarro explicitly states that throughout the book so any review that complains about terminology or the descriptive checklists needs to examine the goal the author has set forth in the preface and introduction. I found that reading the descriptions of difficult personalities made it easier to put into perspective what one experiences first hand. It is well worth the dime and time to actually read about such difficult people and have helpful advice between the same book covers. It was time well spent.

This is a wonderful book that allows one to assess and understand other people's personalities. It's written by an FBI agent who knows his stuff. I've gifted it more than once to family/friends who have either been terribly damaged by someone who exhibits one of these personalities (so they can see they're not at fault and can start moving forward again); or who seem headed towards a minor disaster. People have appreciated the book.

This book here will have you on the edge of your seat, especially if you live in a densely populated area like New York City. The more people around the higher the chance of you encountering a dangerous personality. Thankfully this book helps you identify and avoid them

Over the last few years I have encouraged countless people to read one book to learn to protect themselves...The Gift of Fear, by Gavin DeBecker. Now I have another book to insist people read, Joe Navarro's Dangerous Personalities. I happen to have at least one person in my life that fits the narcissist personality to perfection and I have spent a great deal of time reading books about that affliction to learn to protect myself and to identify that trait in others. In this book Mr. Navarro provides a checklist for narcissists and three other particularly dangerous personality types. He aims to give you the tools to identify these individuals and at least a rough idea of exactly how damaging these people can be in your life (are they a destructive nuisance or a real danger to your life). Read this book even if you feel like you don't have these people in your life! You can never be to careful. Give this book to kids in high school or entering college. Facing a dangerous personality alone and unarmed with tools to identify them is how people get in unhealthy relationships, is how they fail to see abusers, it's how they fall prey to predators, and how they miss the warning signs for dangerous loners. Will this book fix all your problems? No. Will it provide you with the right tools to evaluate people in your life and identity the one from whom you must perfect yourself? Absolutely! Read this... Buy it with The Gift of Fear and Mr. Navarro's other great book What Every Body Is Saying. They may just save your life.