Once inside the prison sys­tem, how can a patho­log­i­cal, sex­u­al sadist who needs to be con­fined to a men­tal insti­tu­tion, be dis­tin­guished from the per­pe­tra­tor of a sex­u­al crime who is unlike­ly to ever trans­gress again? And who can say? Part foren­sics, part explo­ration of human nature, the true crime mem­oir Evil at Our Table is the first in-depth account by a treat­ment provider and eval­u­a­tor in the field. Here, Dr. Stein not only reveals the details of her work; but also delves into the some­times-over­whelm­ing impact on her per­son­al life. Told with empa­thy, uncom­pro­mis­ing hon­esty, and insight from a unique and expe­ri­enced per­spec­tive, in this impor­tant book, Dr. Stein inves­ti­gates salient issues of our time, the issues Jews have always con­cerned them­selves with: the inter­sec­tion of good and evil, crime, pun­ish­ment, law, and psy­chol­o­gy, and our very human­i­ty, as well as how to achieve a sane bal­ance between com­mu­ni­ty safe­ty and civ­il lib­er­ties — all the while fac­ing the mon­sters among us.