title: Stanton Samenow
text: # Stanton Samenow
  
  Stanton E. Samenow (October 16, 1941 – May 8, 2023) was an American psychologist and writer.
  
  ## Biography
  
  ### Early life and education
  
  Samenow was born to Charles and Sylvia Samenow. He was married, had two children, and resided in Falls Church, Virginia.
  
  ### Career
  
  From 1970 through 1978, Samenow worked as a clinical research psychologist for the Program for the Investigation of Criminal Behavior at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C. With Samuel Yochelson, the findings of their clinical research-treatment study of offenders were published in the three-volume set entitled The Criminal Personality. From 1978, Samenow was in private practice as a clinical psychologist in Alexandria, Virginia.
  
  He died May 8, 2023.
  
  ## Published works
  
  ### Books
  
  * The Criminal Personality, Volumes I, II & III (1976, 1977, 1986)
  * Inside the Criminal Mind (1984)
  * Before It's Too Late (1989)
  * Straight Talk About Criminals (1998)
  * In the Best Interest of the Child (2002)
  * Inside the Criminal Mind: Revised and Updated Edition (2004)
  * The Myth of the Out of Character Crime (2007)
  
  ### Articles
  
  * Understanding the User (unknown date) appeared in Virginia Lawyer.
  
  ### Videos
  
  * Good Intentions, Bad Choices: Overcoming Errors in Thinking
  * Commitment To Change I: Overcoming Errors in Thinking
  * Commitment to Change II: Tactics—Habits That Block Change
  * Commitment to Change III: The Power of Consequences
  