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The Anatomy of Motive: The Fbi's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminalsby John E. Douglas, Mark OlshakerISBN 0671023934 (0-671-02393-4)
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In this eagerly anticipated new book from the international bestselling authors of Mindhunter, Journey into Darkness, and Obsession, legendary crime fighter John Douglas explores the root of all crime -- motive.
Every crime is a mystery story with a motive at its heart. Understand the motive and you can solve the mystery. The Anatomy of Motive offers a dramatic, insightful look at the development and evolution of the criminal mind. The famed former chief of the FBI's Investigative Support Unit, Douglas was the pioneer of modern behavioral profiling of serial criminals. Working again with acclaimed novelist, journalist, and filmmaker Mark Olshaker, the collaborator on his previous three bestsellers, and using cases from his own fabled career as examples, Douglas takes us further than ever before into the dark corners of the minds of arsonists, hijackers, bombers, poisoners, serial and spree killers, and mass murderers.
From seemingly ordinary men who suddenly kill their families or go on a rampage in the workplace to dedicated murderers who embark on the kind of spree that resulted in the death of fashion designer Gianni Versace, John Douglas helps us understand what causes violent sociopathic behavior. In chapters such as "Playing with Fire," "Name Your Poison," and "Guys Who Snap," he shows how criminals use and react to the media and how the motives behind hijacking and terrorism have evolved through recent history.
For the first time, Douglas identifies the common building blocks contributing to the violently antisocial personality, showing the surprising similarities and equally surprising differences between various types of offenders. Douglas profiles notorious assassins, examining that particular personality and how it applies to other types of crimes. Drawing on cases from today's headlines, he looks at recent sniper incidents at schools and other public places to penetrate the minds and motivations of mass killers. As Douglas tracks the progressive escalation of these criminals' sociopathic behavior, he also shows the common elements in many of their pasts that link them together.
Through riveting profiles and a narrative that reads like the best mystery fiction, The Anatomy of Motive analyzes such diverse killers as Lee Harvey Oswald, Theodore Kaczynski, and Timothy McVeigh, and helps us learn how to anticipate potential violent behavior before it's too late. [via]
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- The Anatomy of Motive: The Fbi's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals: ISBN 0684845989 (0-684-84598-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - The Anatomy of Motive: The Fbi's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals: ISBN 0756752922 (0-7567-5292-2)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co - The Anatomy of Motive: The Fbi's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals: ISBN 0671023934 (0-671-02393-4)
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- The Anatomy of Motive: The Fbi's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals: ISBN 0684845989 (0-684-84598-9)
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And the Blood Cried Out: A Prosecutor's Spellbinding Account of Dna's Power to Free or Convictby Harlan LevyISBN 0380730618 (0-380-73061-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'And the Blood Cried Out: A Prosecutor's Spellbinding Account of Dna's Power to Free or Convict'Book summary:From the World Trade Center bombing to the O.J. Simpson case, here is how DNA has become a key tool in the search for truth--and justice.
Anyone who followed the O.J. Simpson trials knows how powerful DNA evidence can be. Yet the defense team in the most famous murder case of our time convinced a jury to ignore it. Just how reliable is this new science? And how did it come to be accepted in Americas criminal courts? Combining thrilling true crime stories with fascinating, easily understandable science, former Manhattan homicide prosecutor Harlan Levy rte-creates thirteen of the decades most suspenseful criminal cases. He shows how detectives, prosecutors, and defense attorneys use DNA to determine who will pay for violent crimes--and who will not. And, once and for all, he gives a crystal-clear explanation of what the blood evidence really showed about Simpsons guilt or innocence. Fast-paced, dramatic, filled with twists and turns worthy of a great mystery novel, AND THE BLOOD CRIED OUT is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand todays criminal justice system. [via]
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And the Blood Cried Out: A Prosecutor's Spellbinding Account of the Power of DNAby Harlan LevyISBN 0465017045 (0-465-01704-5)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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Arkham Asylumby Dave McKean, Grant Morrison, Berger, Karen (AFT)ISBN 1401204244 (1-4012-0424-4)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arkham Asylum'Book summary:Batman: Arkham Asylum is Batman on the cutting edge, as he faces not only his most dangerous foes but his own inner demons as well. Full-color illustrations. [via]
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Arkham Asylumby Grant MorrisonISBN 1401204252 (1-4012-0425-2)
Softcover, DC Comics
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Batmanby Grant Morrison, Karen BergerISBN 0930289560 (0-930289-56-0)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Careers in Criminologyby Marilyn MorganISBN 0737302720 (0-7373-0272-0)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Careers in Criminology'Book summary:From police officers to forensic scientists and judges, the criminal justice system offers a variety of promising careers. The first of its kind, this highly informative guide examines functions of each job, offers tips to help determine the best career for the individual, and includes interviews from professionals in the field.
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A Casebook of Murderby Colin WilsonISBN 0402124316 (0-402-12431-6)
Hardcover, Cowles Book Co
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The Cases That Haunt Us: From Jack the Ripper to Jonbenet Ramsey, the Fbi's Legendary Mindhunter Sheds Light on the Mysteries That Won't Go Awayby John E. Douglas, Mark OlshakerISBN 0671017063 (0-671-01706-3)
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Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - The Cases That Haunt Us: From Jack the Ripper to Jonbenet Ramsey, the Fbi's Legendary Mindhunter Sheds Light on the Mysteries That Won't Go Away: ISBN 0786232935 (0-7862-3293-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - The Cases That Haunt Us: From Jack the Ripper to Jonbenet Ramsey, the Fbi's Legendary Mindhunter Sheds Light on the Mysteries That Won't Go Away: ISBN 0671017063 (0-671-01706-3)
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- Cases That Haunt Us: From Jack the Ripper to Jonbenet Ramsey, the Fbi's Legendary Mindhunter Unravels the Mysteries: ISBN 061365644X (0-613-65644-X)
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Classics of Criminologyby Joseph E. JacobyISBN 1577663098 (1-57766-309-8)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Deathby Jessica Snyder SachsISBN 0738207713 (0-7382-0771-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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In making his announcement "before the forum"--the origin of the term forensics--Antistius relied on the medical knowledge of the day, which was none too developed. His modern counterparts have much better science at their disposal to account for causes of death, which, Sachs notes, tend to be "usually more than obvious to every police officer responding to the scene." Less obvious, and far more elusive, is the exact time death occurred, the datum that forensic pathologists seek to obtain but usually have to guess at, hampered "by death's infinite variations." Examining a dozen case studies that touch on the contents of Nicole Brown Simpson's stomach, a felled Confederate soldier's skull, the methods ofan English serial killer, and the contribution of an Indiana-based student of maggots to the forensic ecology of human remains, among other matters, Sachs explores the means by which those pathologists measure the interval between death and a body's discovery--a determin!!ation with often profound implications.
Sachs's book is a lucid, oddly fascinating work of popular science, though it's not for the queasy of stomach or the faint of heart. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill; The Story of Mary Bellby Gitta SerenyISBN 0805060685 (0-8050-6068-5)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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The Culture of Control: Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Societyby David GarlandISBN 0226283844 (0-226-28384-4)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Culture of Control: Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society'Book summary:The past 30 years have seen vast changes in our attitudes toward crime. More and more of us live in gated communities; prison populations have skyrocketed; and issues such as racial profiling, community policing, and "zero-tolerance" policies dominate the headlines. How is it that our response to crime and our sense of criminal justice has come to be so dramatically reconfigured? David Garland charts the changes in crime and criminal justice in America and Britain over the past twenty-five years, showing how they have been shaped by two underlying social forces: the distinctive social organization of late modernity and the neoconservative politics that came to dominate the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1980s.[via]
Garland explains how the new policies of crime and punishment, welfare and securityand the changing class, race, and gender relations that underpin themare linked to the fundamental problems of governing contemporary societies, as states, corporations, and private citizens grapple with a volatile economy and a culture that combines expanded personal freedom with relaxed social controls. It is the risky, unfixed character of modern life that underlies our accelerating concern with control and crime control in particular. It is not just crime that has changed; society has changed as well, and this transformation has reshaped criminological thought, public policy, and the cultural meaning of crime and criminals. David Garland's The Culture of Control offers a brilliant guide to this process and its still-reverberating consequences.More editions of The Culture of Control: Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society:
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Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologistby William R. Maples, Michael BrowningISBN 0385479689 (0-385-47968-9)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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- Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist: ISBN 0385474903 (0-385-47490-3)
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Dead Reckoning: The New Science of Catching Killersby Michael Baden, Marion RoachISBN 0684852713 (0-684-85271-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab-The Body Farm-Where The Dead Do Tell Talesby Bill Blass, William M. Bass, Jon JeffersonISBN 0425198324 (0-425-19832-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab/the Body Farm/Where the Dead Do Tell Talesby William M. Bass, Jon JeffersonISBN 0399151346 (0-399-15134-6)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab/the Body Farm/Where the Dead Do Tell Tales'Book summary:Nowhere is there another lab like Dr. Bill Bass's: On a hillside in Tennessee, human bodies decompose in the open air, aided by insects, bacteria, and birds, unhindered by coffins or mausoleums. At the "Body Farm," nature takes its course, with corpses buried in shallow graves, submerged in water, concealed beneath slabs of concrete, locked in trunks of cars. As stand-ins for murder victims, they serve the needs of science - and the cause of justice. For thirty years, Dr. Bass's research has revolutionized the field of forensic science, particularly by pinpointing "time since death" in murder cases. In this riveting book, he investigates real cases and leads readers on an unprecedented journey behind the locked gates of the Body Farm. A master scientist and an engaging storyteller, Bass shares his most intriguing work: his revisit of the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder, fifty years after the fact; the mystery of a headless corpse whose identity astonished the police; the telltale bugs that finally sent a murderous grandfather to death row; and many more. [via]
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prisonby Michel Foucault, Alan SheridanISBN 0679752552 (0-679-75255-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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- Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison: ISBN 0394499425 (0-394-49942-5)
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El Talento De Mr Ripleyby Patricia HighsmithISBN 8433902997 (84-339-0299-7)
Softcover, Ld Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Talento De Mr Ripley'Book summary:Esta es la mas celebre novela de esta autora. Aparece aqui su mas fascinante personaje, el inquietante y amoral Tom Ripley, figura prototipica de un genero que ella ha inventado, y que se situa entre la novela policiaca y la novela negra. Un millonario americano que le pide a Tom Ripley, que intente convencer a su hijo Dickie para que regrese al hogar. Tom acepta el encargo y de paso pone tierra por medio a posibles problema spoliciales, y encuentra a Dickie y a su amiga Marge, con quienes establece una turbia y compleja relacion. [via]
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Fatal Fascinationby Phil McArdle, Karen McArdleISBN 0395467896 (0-395-46789-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Forensic Detective: How I Cracked the World's Toughest Casesby Robert Mann, Miryam Ehrlich WilliamsonISBN 0345479424 (0-345-47942-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Forensics for Dummiesby Consumer DummiesISBN 0764555804 (0-7645-5580-4)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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A Handbook on Hanging: Being a Short Introduction to the Fine Art of Executionby Charles Duff, Christopher HitchensISBN 0940322676 (0-940322-67-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Howdunit Guide to How Crimes Are Committed and Solvedby John BoertleinISBN 1582970157 (1-58297-015-7)
Softcover, F & W Publications, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Howdunit Guide to How Crimes Are Committed and Solved'Book summary:Since, happily, most writers don't have direct experience with the gory details of drug enforcement, forensic psychology, or hate crimes, they'll need to get the nitty-gritty for their screenplays and novels from a reliable source. This is where Howdunit comes in. Culled from a 14-volume series on crime writing, the book is a one-stop-shopping reference guide for writers in the genre or for those interested in learning the background of real police work.
Beginning with the fundamentals of modern cop life and the criminal justice system, Howdunit elaborates on murder variations (bizarre, mass, serial), forensic medicine and autopsies, crime-scene searches and surveillance, vice-related crimes, and special problems such as gangs and paramilitary groups. Stark illustrations are included where appropriate, such as black-and-white photos of Nazi paraphernalia and basic police gear, as well as simple anatomical drawings that are designed to illustrate common medical adjectives like lateral and posterior. Most chapters end with a short list of points to cover for character or plot development, turning each subject into a possible writing exercise. The editor, John Boertlein, spent 20 years on the police force, and he clearly knows his stuff. Each section is precisely detailed and extremely straightforward; tools, procedures, and personality profiles are recorded in a way that leaves little room for misinterpretation. If you've got your plot twists and big con all planned out, studying this book is sure to provide the final touches. --Jill Lightner [via]
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Hunting Humansby Elliott LeytonISBN 0771053096 (0-7710-5309-6)
Softcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd
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Hunting Humans: Inside the Minds of Mass Murderersby Elliott LeytonISBN 0671731416 (0-671-73141-6)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hunting Humans: Inside the Minds of Mass Murderers'Book summary:In this classic study, Elliott Leyton challenges the conventional idea of serial murderers as deranged madmen. He explores the twisted but comprehensible motives of a half-dozen notorious killers: Edmund Emil Kemper, Theodore Robert Bundy, Albert DeSalvo ( The Boston Strangler ), David Richard Berkowitz ( Son of Sam ), Mark James Robert Essex, and Charles Starkweather. In the process of describing their crimes Leyton exposes the cold rationality that underlies their apparent pointlessness. The result is startling: a revelatory text on a deeply troubling topic. [via]
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Hunting Humans: The Rise of the Modern Multiple MurdererISBN 0786712287 (0-7867-1228-7)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
Find This BookBook summary:In this new edition of his landmark 1986 study, pioneering anthropologist Elliott Leyton examines the psyche and motivations of his six original multiple-murderer subjects and now takes stock of how far we've come since then in our understanding of why people commit gruesome assaults on innocent strangers. This case-study approachbased on years of immersion in the killers' diaries, confessions, psychiatric interviews, statements to the press, videotapes, and photographs led the way in defining serial and mass murders not as the acts of alien creatures with deranged minds but rather as personalized protests by alienated men against the society that they believe has excluded them. Leyton also provides an analysis of the Washington, D.C. sniper case. While uncovering the central themes of modern culture that motivated their deeds, Leyton provides vivid and chilling portraits of Edmund Kemper, Ted Bundy, Albert DeSalvo, and David Berkowitz, serial murderers whose prolonged killing campaigns provided them revenge against the world and celebrity careers; and other mass murderers whose brief but horrific murder sprees constituted their own enigmatic suicide notes. The author shows that the motives of multiple murderers are not simply sexual or psychotic; but rise from the very core of American mass culture.[via]More editions of Hunting Humans: The Rise of the Modern Multiple Murderer:
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Hunting Humans: The Rise of the Modern Multiple Murdererby Elliott LeytonISBN 0771053088 (0-7710-5308-8)
Softcover, McClelland and Stewart
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I Have Lived in the Monsterby Robert K. ResslerISBN 0312964293 (0-312-96429-3)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Have Lived in the Monster'Book summary:From their gruesome, body-strewn lairs, to the darkest regions of their twisted psyches, Robert K. Ressler shows you serial killers as you've never seen them before.[via]
In his phenomenally successful Whoever Fights Monsters, Robert K. Ressler examined his brilliant twenty-year career hunting down killers for the FBI. Now, delving deeper than ever before into the criminal mind, Ressler recounts his years since leaving the FBI, working as an independent criminal profiler on some of the most famous serial murder cases of our day.
Ingeniously piecing together clues from crime scenes, along with killing patterns and methods, Ressler explains his role in assisting the investigations of such perplexing international cases as England's Wimbledon Common killing, the ABC Murders in South Africa, and the deadly gassing of Japan's subway. We're also witness to Ressler's fascinating, in-depth interviews with John Wayne Gacy, the first and last one America's most prolific serial killer would ever grant, plus a shockingly candid discussion with "cannibal killer" Jeffrey Dahmer.
Daring to understand the depraved minds of serial killers, Robert K. Ressler returns from the deepest abyss with an unforgettable account that is as riveting as it is shocking.More editions of I Have Lived in the Monster:
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I Have Lived in the Monster : A Report from the Abyssby Robert K. Ressler, Tom ShachtmanISBN 0312155522 (0-312-15552-2)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Have Lived in the Monster : A Report from the Abyss'Book summary:"It seems that when normal life goes into eclipse, the differences in cultural patterns also fade away, and at the outer edges of behavior, deviant patterns are the same, the world over." This absorbing second book from the serial-killer expert who wrote Whoever Fights Monsters has 10 chapters: (1) an unusual Japanese case of a doctor killing his family; (2) examples of the use and abuse of post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis by Vietnam veterans; (3) the murder of a Japanese exchange student by a Baton Rouge homeowner; (4) review of patterns found in serial murders, including those in Japan; (5) interview with John Wayne Gacy, seeking to understand his psychology; (6-7) two-part psychological interview with Jeffrey Dahmer, revealing several fascinating new details; (8) two British cases on which the author was asked to consult; (9) investigation of a South African serial killer; (10) the Aum Shinri Kyo cult (sarin nerve gas terrorists) in Japan. [via]
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Inside the Criminal Mindby Stanton E. SamenowISBN 140004619X (1-4000-4619-X)
Hardcover, Crown Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inside the Criminal Mind'Book summary:In 1984, this groundbreaking book presented a chilling profile of the criminal mind that shattered long-held myths about the sources of and cures for crime. Now, with the benefit of twenty years' worth of additional knowledge and insight, Stanton Samenow offers a completely updated edition of his classic work, including fresh perceptions into crimes in the spotlight today, from stalking and domestic violence to white-collar crime and political terrorism.
Dr. Samenow's three decades of working with criminals have reaffirmed his argument that factors such as poverty, divorce, and media violence do not cause criminality. Rather, as Samenow documents here, all criminals share a particular mind-set--often evident in childhood--that is disturbingly different from that of a responsible citizen.
While new types of crime have grown more prevalent, or at least more visible to the public eye--from spousal abuse to school shootings--little has changed in terms of our approach to dealing with crime. Rehabilitation programs based on the assumption that society is more to blame for crime than the criminal, an assumption for which a causal link has yet to be established, have proved to be grossly inadequate. Crime continues to invade every aspect of our lives, criminal court dockets and prisons are oppressively overcrowded and expensive, and recidivism rates continue to escalate.
To embark on a truly corrective program, we must begin with the clear understanding that the criminal chooses crime; he chooses to reject society long before society rejects him. The criminal values people only to the extent that he can use them for his own self-serving ends; he does not justify his actions to himself. Only by "habilitating" the criminal, so that he sees himself realistically and develops responsible patterns of thought, can we change his behavior.
It is vital that we know who the criminal is and how and why he acts differently from responsible citizens. From that understanding can come reasonable, compassionate, and effective solutions. [via]More editions of Inside the Criminal Mind:
Inside the Minds of Serial Killers: Why They Killby Katherine RamslandISBN 0275990990 (0-275-99099-0)
Hardcover, Praeger Pub Text
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Journey into Darkness: The FBI's Premier Investigator Penetrates the Minds and Motives of the Most Terrifying Serial Killersby John E. Douglas, Mark OlshakerISBN 0671003941 (0-671-00394-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Journey into Darkness: The FBI's Premier Investigator Penetrates the Minds and Motives of the Most Terrifying Serial Killers'Book summary:Some authors are worth reading because of their area of expertise, even when their objectivity may be questionable. This is true of John Douglas, who follows up his Mindhunter with another assortment of his observations and opinions from his ex-job as the FBI's top expert on constructing behavioral profiles of criminals. This book contains several passages of interest: a detailed discussion of the modus operandi versus the "signature" of a murder, and how each relates to motive; thoughts on how the press and the public can be used to flush out a killer; a taxonomy of pedophiles, with a chapter on how to protect children from them; a detailed analysis of the savage sex-murder of a female Marine; a profile of the Nicole Simpson/Ron Goldman killer; and a report on how the courts are handling behavioral testimony. Always biased, often egotistical, but uniquely experienced--that's Douglas. [via]
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Mindhunterby John DouglasISBN 0671528904 (0-671-52890-4)
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The Murderer Next Door: Why The Mind Is Designed To Killby David BussISBN 1594200432 (1-59420-043-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth. Master Thiefby Ben MacintyreISBN 0385319932 (0-385-31993-2)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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No Stone Unturned: The Story of Necrosearch International Investigatorsby Steve JacksonISBN 1575664569 (1-57566-456-9)
Hardcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'No Stone Unturned: The Story of Necrosearch International Investigators'Book summary:A body stuffed in a car trunk swallowed by the swirling, muddy waters of the Missouri River. A hiker brutally murdered, then thrown off a cliff in a remote mountain range. A devious killer who hid his wife's body under a thick cement patio. For investigators, the story is often the same: they know a murder took place, they may even know who did it. But without key evidence, pursuing a conviction is nearly impossible. That's when they call NecroSearch International. Necrosearch boasts a brain trust of the nation's top scientists, specialists, and behaviourists who use the latest technology and techniques to help solve "unsolvable" crimes, no matter how decayed the corpse, no matter how cleverly the killer has hidden the victim's body. Now, for the first time ever, readers are taken on a fascinating, often-shocking journey into a realm of crime investigation of which few people are aware. Necrosearch's most challenging cases are described, step-by-step, as these modern-day Sherlock Holmes's detect bodies and evidence thought irretrievable, and testify in court to bring cold-blooded killers to justice. [via]
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No Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigatorsby Steve JacksonISBN 0786015772 (0-7860-1577-2)
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The Penal System: An Introductionby Michael Cavadino, James DignanISBN 0761953280 (0-7619-5328-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Penal System: An Introduction'Book summary:'A marvelous British text-reference that comprehensively introduces the penal system in England and Wales, not only for students and practitioners, but for all who are increasingly concerned about the morality and the future of penal systems worldwide' - "Reference and Research Book News". 'The authors appear to do an excellent job of describing the criminal justice system of England, and how the penal system fits into, and is affected by it' - "Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice".Now fully revised, this highly successful textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the penal system in England and Wales. Michael Cavadino and James Dignan examine all aspects of the penal process, including details of the recent dramatic developments which have made the punishment of offenders and the escalating 'penal crisis' one of the most hotly debated issues of the day. They also outline the theories which purport to justify and explain the practice of punishment and consider their value in helping us understand the penal system. The Second Edition presents a stimulating account of the current crisis. The authors argue that the penal system not only suffers from severe practical problems but is morally indefensible, and they highlight the radical reforms that are urgently needed. Throughout the book, comparisons are drawn with other penal systems from around the world. [via]
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Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closedby Patricia CornwellISBN 1587244101 (1-58724-410-1)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed'Book summary:[via]Now updated with new material that brings the killer's picture into clearer focus.
In the fall of 1888, all of London was held in the grip of unspeakable terror. An elusive madman calling himself Jack the Ripper was brutally butchering women in the slums of Londons East End. Police seemed powerless to stop the killer, who delighted in taunting them and whose crimes were clearly escalating in violence from victim to victim. And then the Rippers violent spree seemingly ended as abruptly as it had begun. He had struck out of nowhere and then vanished from the scene. Decades passed, then fifty years, then a hundred, and the Rippers bloody sexual crimes became anemic and impotent fodder for puzzles, mystery weekends, crime conventions, and so-called Ripper Walks that end with pints of ale in the pubs of Whitechapel. But to number-one New York Times bestselling novelist Patricia Cornwell, the Ripper murders are not cute little mysteries to be transformed into parlor games or movies but rather a series of terrible crimes that no one should get away with, even after death. Now Cornwell applies her trademark skills for meticulous research and scientific expertise to dig deeper into the Ripper case than any detective before herand reveal the true identity of this fabled Victorian killer.
In Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper, Case Closed, Cornwell combines the rigorous discipline of twenty-first century police investigation with forensic techniques undreamed of during the late Victorian era to solve one of the most infamous and difficult serial murder cases in history. Drawing on unparalleled access to original Ripper evidence, documents, and records, as well as archival, academic, and law-enforcement resources, FBI profilers, and top forensic scientists, Cornwell reveals that Jack the Ripper was none other than a respected painter of his day, an artist now collected by some of the worlds finest museums: Walter Richard Sickert.
It has been said of Cornwell that no one depicts the human capability for evil better than she. Adding layer after layer of circumstantial evidence to the physical evidence discovered by modern forensic science and expert minds, Cornwell shows that Sickert, who died peacefully in his bed in 1942, at the age of 81, was not only one of Great Britains greatest painters but also a serial killer, a damaged diabolical man driven by megalomania and hate. She exposes Sickert as the author of the infamous Ripper letters that were written to the Metropolitan Police and the press. Her detailed analysis of his paintings shows that his art continually depicted his horrific mutilation of his victims, and her examination of this mans birth defects, the consequent genital surgical interventions, and their effects on his upbringing present a casebook example of how a psychopathic killer is created.
New information and startling revelations detailed in Portrait of a Killer include:
- How a year-long battery of more than 100 DNA testson samples drawn by Cornwells forensics team in September 2001 from original Ripper letters and Sickert documentsyielded the first shadows of the 75- to 114 year-old genetic evid...
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Punishment and Modern Society: A Study in Social Theoryby David GarlandISBN 0226283828 (0-226-28382-8)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justiceby Jeffrey ReimanISBN 0205461727 (0-205-46172-7)
Softcover, Allyn & Bacon
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The Rich Get Richer And the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, And Criminal Justice -with Supplementary Articleby Jeffrey ReimanISBN 0205480322 (0-205-48032-2)
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Serial Murderers and Their Victimsby Eric W. HickeyISBN 0534630189 (0-534-63018-9)
Softcover, Wadsworth Pub Co
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Signature Killersby Robert D. Keppel, William J. BirnesISBN 0671001302 (0-671-00130-2)
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The Sociopath Next Doorby Martha StoutISBN 0767915828 (0-7679-1582-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Sociopath Next Door: The ruthless Versus the Rest of Usby Martha StoutISBN 076791581X (0-7679-1581-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sociopath Next Door: The ruthless Versus the Rest of Us'Book summary:Who is the devil you know?
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Is it your lying, cheating ex-husband?
Your sadistic high school gym teacher?
Your boss who loves to humiliate people in meetings?
The colleague who stole your idea and passed it off as her own?
In the pages of The Sociopath Next Door, you will realize that your ex was not just misunderstood. Hes a sociopath. And your boss, teacher, and colleague? They may be sociopaths too.
We are accustomed to think of sociopaths as violent criminals, but in The Sociopath Next Door, Harvard psychologist Martha Stout reveals that a shocking 4 percent of ordinary peopleone in twenty-fivehas an often undetected mental disorder, the chief symptom of which is that that person possesses no conscience. He or she has no ability whatsoever to feel shame, guilt, or remorse. One in twenty-five everyday Americans, therefore, is secretly a sociopath. They could be your colleague, your neighbor, even family. And they can do literally anything at all and feel absolutely no guilt.
How do we recognize the remorseless? One of their chief characteristics is a kind of glow or charisma that makes sociopaths more charming or interesting than the other people around them. Theyre more spontaneous, more intense, more complex, or even sexier than everyone else, making them tricky to identify and leaving us easily seduced. Fundamentally, sociopaths are different because they cannot love. Sociopaths learn early on to show sham emotion, but underneath they are indifferent to others suffering. They live to dominate and thrill to win.
The fact is, we all almost certainly know at least one or more sociopaths already. Part of the urgency in reading The Sociopath Next Door is the moment when we suddenly recognize that someone we knowsomeone we worked for, or were involved with, or voted foris a sociopath. But what do we do with that knowledge? To arm us against the sociopath, Dr. Stout teaches us to question authority, suspect flattery, and beware the pity play. Above all, she writes, when a sociopath is beckoning, do not join the game.
It is the ruthless versus the rest of us, and The Sociopath Next Door will show you how to recognize and defeat the devil you know.More editions of The Sociopath Next Door: The ruthless Versus the Rest of Us:
The Story of Jane Doe: A Book about Rapeby Jane Doe, Shary BoyleISBN 067931153X (0-679-31153-X)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada, Limited
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Talented Mr. Ripleyby Patricia HighsmithISBN 0762188561 (0-7621-8856-1)
Hardcover, Readers Digest
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Talented Mr. Ripley'Book summary:One of the great crime novels of the 20th century, Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley is a blend of the narrative subtlety of Henry James and the self-reflexive irony of Vladimir Nabokov. Like the best modernist fiction, Ripley works on two levels. First, it is the story of a young man, Tom Ripley, whose nihilistic tendencies lead him on a deadly passage across Europe. On another level, the novel is a commentary on fictionmaking and techniques of narrative persuasion. Like Humbert Humbert, Tom Ripley seduces readers into empathizing with him even as his actions defy all moral standards.
The novel begins with a play on James's The Ambassadors. Tom Ripley is chosen by the wealthy Herbert Greenleaf to retrieve Greenleaf's son, Dickie, from his overlong sojourn in Italy. Dickie, it seems, is held captive both by the Mediterranean climate and the attractions of his female companion, but Mr. Greenleaf needs him back in New York to help with the family business. With an allowance and a new purpose, Tom leaves behind his dismal city apartment to begin his career as a return escort. But Tom, too, is captivated by Italy. He is also taken with the life and looks of Dickie Greenleaf. He insinuates himself into Dickie's world and soon finds that his passion for a lifestyle of wealth and sophistication transcends moral compunction. Tom will become Dickie Greenleaf--at all costs.
Unlike many modernist experiments, The Talented Mr. Ripley is eminently readable and is driven by a gripping chase narrative that chronicles each of Tom's calculated maneuvers of self-preservation. Highsmith was in peak form with this novel, and her ability to enter the mind of a sociopath and view the world through his disturbingly amoral eyes is a model that has spawned such latter-day serial killers as Hannibal Lecter. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
Teasing Secrets from the Dead: My Investigations at America's Most Infamous Crime Scenesby Emily CraigISBN 1400049237 (1-4000-4923-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Understanding Justice: An Introduction to Ideas, Perspectives and Controversies in Modern Penal Theoryby Barbara A. HudsonISBN 0335193293 (0-335-19329-3)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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The Victorian Underworldby Kellow ChesneyISBN 0851170021 (0-85117-002-1)
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Whoever Fights Monstersby Robert K. ResslerISBN 0312950446 (0-312-95044-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologistby Richard RhodesISBN 0375702482 (0-375-70248-2)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist'Book summary:Why do some men, women and even children assault, batter, rape, mutilate and murder? In his stunning new book, the Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Rhodes provides a startling and persuasive answer.Why They Killexplores the discoveries of a maverick American criminologist, Dr. Lonnie Athens -- himself the child of a violent family -- which challenge conventional theories about violent behavior. By interviewing violent criminals in prison, Dr. Athens has identified a pattern of social development common to all seriously violent people -- a four-stage process he calls "violentization": -- First, brutalization: A young person is forced by violence or the threat of violence to submit to an aggressive authority figure; he witnesses the violent subjugation of intimates, and the authority figure coaches him to use violence to settle disputes.-- Second, belligerency: The dispirited subject, determined to prevent his further violent subjugation, heeds his coach and resolves to resort to violence.-- Third, violent performances: His violent response to provocation succeeds, and he reads respect and fear in the eyes of others.-- Fourth, virulency: Exultant, he determines from now on to utilize serious violence as a means of dealing with people -- and he bonds with others who believe as he does.Since all four stages must be fully experienced in sequence and completed to produce a violent individual, we see how intervening to interrupt the process can prevent a tragic outcome.Rhodes supports Athens's theory with historical evidence and shows how it explains such violent careers as those of Perry Smith (the killer central to Truman Capote's narrative In Cold Blood), Mike Tyson, "preppy rapist" Alex Kelly, and Lee Harvey Oswald.Why They Kill challenges with devastating evidence the theory that violent behavior is impulsive, unconsciously motivated and predetermined. [via]
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Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths among Usby Robert D. HareISBN 1572304510 (1-57230-451-0)
Softcover, Guilford Pubn
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Written in Bloodby Colin Wilson, Damon WilsonISBN 078671266X (0-7867-1266-X)
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Written in Blood: Detectives and Detectionby Colin WilsonISBN 0446361208 (0-446-36120-8)
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Written in Blood: The Criminal Mind and Methodby Colin WilsonISBN 0446361631 (0-446-36163-1)
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Written in Blood: The Trail and the Huntby Colin WilsonISBN 0446361623 (0-446-36162-3)
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Der Talentierte Mister Ripleyby Patricia HighsmithISBN 3257204817 (3-257-20481-7)
Softcover, Diogenes Verlag AG
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Der Talentierte Mister Ripley'Book summary:Aus der Amazon.de-Redaktion Anthony Minghellas eindrucksvolle Verfilmung von Patricia Highsmiths Der talentierte Mr. Ripley, die seit einigen Wochen in den Kinos zu sehen ist, bietet eine gute Gelegenheit, noch einmal den ersten Auftritt Tom Ripleys, einer der faszinierendsten Gestalten der Kriminalliteratur, nachzulesen. Patricia Highsmith veröffentlichte ihren ersten Ripley-Roman 1955 und beschrieb einen ehrgeizigen, aber mittellosen Mann, der unerwartet Gelegenheit erhält, das Leben zu führen, von dem er geträumt hat. Er wird vom reichen Fabrikanten Greenleaf beauftragt, dessen Sohn Dickie in Italien aufzustöbern und nach Hause zurückzuholen. Ripley findet Dickie, denkt jedoch nicht im Traum daran, ihn tatsächlich zurückzubringen, sondern gewinnt nach und nach dessen Sympathie. Er genießt das schöne Leben im Schlepptau von Dickie und dessen attraktiver Freundin Marge, bis -- ja bis ein Streit ihn mit Greenleaf entzweit und Ripleys Traum in Gefahr gerät. Tom Ripley plant den perfekten Mord, um in die Rolle seines "Freundes" schlüpfen zu können. Mit großer Meisterschaft hat Patricia Highsmith ihren Anti-Helden konstruiert und vor allem seine Psyche bis ins letzte Detail ausgefeilt. Aus einer Figur auf dem Papier wurde ein Mensch mit seinen Zweifeln, seinen Träumen, seiner Niedertracht, Eifersucht, kriminellen Energie und -- seinem Charme und seiner Liebenswürdigkeit. Ripley war geboren. Die Leser freuten sich über mehrere Wiedersehen in weiteren Romanen der Autorin. [via]
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Retrato de un Asesino : Jack el Destripador Caso Cerradoby Patricia D. CornwellISBN 8466611029 (84-666-1102-9)
Hardcover, Ediciones B
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