Within psychology and related social sciences there is an emerging framework for understanding a person's actions and experiences. Growing out of personality theory, the psychological emphasis is on 'personal' narratives: the stories that people tell about themselves. The potential value of this chapter runs through the whole range of forensic psychology activities. It offers the possibility of informing the formulation of offender profiles by enabling investigators to understand more clearly the psychological processes of which the crime is a part, and thus possible characteristics of the offender. The interviewing of offenders can also be informed by an understanding of the storyline they may consider their crimes to be key episodes within. The chapter provides a framework for working with offenders to help them reconstruct their understanding of their personal narratives. This connects directly with the narrative approach to therapy.