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The Need to Kill: Inside the World of the Serial Killer (Paperback)

by Steven A. Egger (Author) "In modern society, we create strangers of each other-and as we become strangers, we begin to see others more as objects and less as human..." (more)
Key Phrases: serial murder investigation, linkage blindness, serial murderers, Jeffrey Dahmer, Los Angeles, Ted Bundy (more...)
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From the Back Cover

You've heard the myths about serial murder. All serial killers had horrific childhoods. They have an uncanny ability to elude the police. They prey on anyone who crosses their path. They're mutants from hell. Above all, they're not like us.

Those are the myths. In The Need to Kill, one of the field's leading researchers tells you who the serial killers really are. The reality may be even more frightening than the myths.

Drawing on 20+ years' research—including experience as a homicide investigator—Dr. Steven A. Egger brings new clarity to questions that are rarely answered accurately in the media.

Egger profiles seven of history's most notorious serial killers, including John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Henry Lee Lucas, and Jeffrey Dahmer. You'll go behind the scenes with the investigators, discovering exactly how they work. You'll also learn about unsolved cases of serial murder from across the U.S. … the work of killers who may still be out there, planning to strike again.

Both terrifying and thought provoking, The Need to Kill is the one book that truly illuminates the phenomenon of serial murder.

This isn't Silence of the Lambs. This is reality.



About the Author

Dr. Steven A. Egger is a Professor of Criminology at the University of Houston Clear Lake and Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice at the University of Illinois at Springfield. He was project director of the Homicide Assessment and Lead Tracking System (HALT) for the State of New York, the first statewide, computerized system to track and identify serial murderers. He has been researching serial murder since 1983.

He authored The Killers Among Us: Examination of Serial Murder and Its Investigations, Second Edition and Serial Murder: An Elusive Phenomenon. Dr. Egger has lectured on serial murder in England, Canada, the Netherlands, and Spain.

Dr. Egger has worked as a police officer, homicide investigator, police consultant, and law enforcement academy director. He holds a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University, where he completed the world's first dissertation on serial murder.

With his wife, Kim Egger, he is currently working on an encyclopedia of serial murder that will include entries on over 1,300 serial killers.



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Product Details
  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Financial Times Prentice Hall; 1st edition (October 8, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 013143344X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0131433441
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #205,918 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Inside This Book (learn more)
First Sentence:
"In modern society, we create strangers of each other-and as we become strangers, we begin to see others more as objects and less as human beings." Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
serial murder investigation, linkage blindness, serial murderers, investigative information, hillside strangler
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jeffrey Dahmer, Los Angeles, Ted Bundy, New York, Henry Lee Lucas, Jerry Marcus, John Wayne Gacy, United States, African American, Des Plaines, Joseph Miller, Kenneth Bianchi, Cook County, Salt Lake City, John Gacy, Angelo Buono, Bernice Fagotte, King County,