From one of the world's leading criminology writers comes this complete handbook to the century's most gruesome serial killers and the twisted motives that led them to commit their heinous crimes. The author presents detailed examinations of such modern-day monsters as Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Donald "PeeWee" Gaskins, Aileen Wuornos, and others.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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Insightful without sensationalizing,
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This review is from: The Killers Among Us: Motives Behind Their Madness (Mass Market Paperback)
Let's face it, the chapters (each one dealing with a specific decade) were too long.I simply couldn't put the book down until I got to the end of the chapter, resulting in a tremendeous lack of sleep! This book is totally absorbing and gives the reader a simple to understand, thought-provoking insight into what may be involved in creating a serial killer. Despite the subject matter, the authors somehow manage to stick almost totally to the facts, without comment, and it is their completely clinical approach that makes the book so shocking yet insightful, without alienating the reader with sensationalist gore. The killers become human beings - no matter how depraved - and it is this realization that it is probably necessary to for us to understand, above all things, if we are to ever rid the world of such heinous crimes.
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good but not great,
By tim camas (ft lauderdale, fl United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Killers Among Us: Motives Behind Their Madness (Mass Market Paperback)
i have read a few books about serial killers in the past and this one was mediocre. there were some good facts and information here, but the details of certain crimes were given one line while others were given entire pages. there were a few details that i did not know about several offenders. but, if you want to read a book that, i feel, is a classic, read "serial killers", by joel norris.
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By Alejandra (Camarillo, CA) - See all my reviews
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Ambition to kill is what these serial murderers live toeach day. Hatred, power, control, and vengeance is what the motives of these powerful killers annihilate for. Descriptive facts of how and why murderes killed gives us a powerful insight to what they perceive.
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WHEN JACK THE RIPPER KILLED FIVE PROSTITUTES IN THE EAST End of London in 1888, he became instantly the world's most infamous, and also its best-known murderer. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
railway rapist, worst mass murderer, many serial killers, sex killer, dominance group Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rose West, Los Angeles, Fred West, Green River, Cromwell Street, Ian Brady, San Francisco, Dean Corll, David Brooks, Henry Lee Lucas, New York, Wayne Henley, Son of Sam, Angelo Buono, Beverley Allitt, Boston Strangler, Jack the Ripper, Becky Powell, Kate Rich, Anne Marie, High Island, Liz Agius, Peter Sutcliffe, David Smith, Kenneth Bianchi New!
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WHEN JACK THE RIPPER KILLED FIVE PROSTITUTES IN THE EAST End of London in 1888, he became instantly the world's most infamous, and also its best-known murderer. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
railway rapist, worst mass murderer, many serial killers, sex killer, dominance group Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rose West, Los Angeles, Fred West, Green River, Cromwell Street, Ian Brady, San Francisco, Dean Corll, David Brooks, Henry Lee Lucas, New York, Wayne Henley, Son of Sam, Angelo Buono, Beverley Allitt, Boston Strangler, Jack the Ripper, Becky Powell, Kate Rich, Anne Marie, High Island, Liz Agius, Peter Sutcliffe, David Smith, Kenneth Bianchi New!
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- Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler on page 23, and page 35
- The Violent Man by A. E. Van Vogt on page 147, and page 148
- Jack the Ripper by Richard Gordon on page 212
- Serial Killers; The Growing Menace by Joel Norris on page 216
- The Kirtland Massacre: The True and Terrible Story of the Mormon Cult Murders by Cynthia Stalter Sasse on page 16
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- Perfect 10, The by Michael G. Moriarty in Back Matter
- Masters of War: Militarism and Blowback in the Era of American Empire (New Political Science Reader) by Carl Boggs on page 292
- Bad Boys, Bad Men: Confronting Antisocial Personality Disorder by Donald W. Black on page 227
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