You probably don't want to buy this book if you care about the subject matter.

I don't know why Joe Navarro, FBI Special Agent (retired), author of What Every BODY is Saying gave this book a favorable review. What Every BODY is Saying is a much better written book with a more objective approach and with clear useful images for examples of actual body language.

This book talks about OJ Simpson and Bill Clinton and some anecdotal cases that are more campfire story than scientific or forensic research. If you are preferring something edgy and with emotion, this book you might like. If instead you are looking for a more logic and reasoning based book, go for Joe Navarro's book or find actual scientific/forensic studies done somewhere.

Jumping on the celebrity/politician bandwagon was a big disappointment, especially when many of such quasi-public scandals are totally sensationalized in the media. There is no objectivity there.

Based upon the content and style of this book, I find it really hard to believe that this author had any insight into the body language of Osama Bin Laden (a claim of the author).

It would be really nice to find books on these topics with interdisciplinary input from neurologists, physiologists, cultural anthropologists, linguists, forensic specialists, criminal psychologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, prison gaurds, clinical researchers, crime victims, and former convicted criminals. So far I have not seen any such comprehensive/multidisciplinary books. Each such role/field could contribute a wealth of unique and specific relevant information that could be pooled together with historical, current, and cutting-edge research.

If you really want to learn about these main topics (body language, non-verbal communication, criminology, communication), you'll need to delve into a lot of different separate fields and different publication types and genres.

You probably don't want to buy this book.

Crime Signals: How to Spot a Criminal Before You Become a Victim

I attended a presentation given by the author. It was dry, but informative. Same for the book.

I'll save you time - if the title interests you or you have an interest in body language you should buy this book. It's the best I've ever read.

From the concrete streets to Wall Street there are signals and if we are alert to them we can hopefully avoid some unwanted close encounter with people that are sending all kinds of warnings they are bad news from body language, dress, to bosses with bad tempers like Ivan Boesky and Martha Stewart who Givens covers in his book as well.

I enjoyed this book and it is fast read like an entertaining novel but it is non-fiction.

Excellent insight into the mind and body language of today's criminal. A sorely needed work in today's world where you should be afraid to walk out to your car at the mall. The author makes it easy to spot the evildoers and the writing is presented so we can all understand it. Well done.