Short description
Covering the criminal mind, this work offers lessons for law enforcement including how killers think, as well as the conditions under which murders typically occur. Suitable for both true-crime buffs and law enforcement professionals, it also gives a glimpse into the minds of some of the worst criminals.
Long description
This book taps the author's wealth of knowledge regarding the criminal mind and offers lessons for law enforcement including how killers think, as well as the conditions under which murders typically occur. It is hoped that these lessons will lead to more effective ways to thwart such crimes in the future. This chilling glimpse into the minds of some of the worst criminals makes a valuable contribution to criminology and is a must-read for both true-crime buffs and law enforcement professionals.
Review
[A] collection of war stories, well told, scrupulously documented, informative, and often including details derived from his personal involvement as an expert witness --Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 37, No. 6
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Conversing with the Devil
- Gaining a Sadistic Thrill
- Silencing the Lambs
- Looking More Innocent than an Innocent Man
- Killing without a Care
- Hating Enough to Kill
- Hiding Domestic Violence?
- Fighting the Culture of Silence
- Killing for Company
- Planning and Plotting to Kill
- Motivating Mindless Murder
- Teaming Up to Kill
- Threatening to Kill
- Victimising the Vulnerable
- Stigmatising the Community
- Preventing the Murderous Impulse
- Responding to the
- Murderous Impulse
- Index.