Serial killers : the method and madness of monsters

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From the Publisher: The comprehensive examination into the frightening history of serial homicide. In this unique book, Peter Vronsky documents the psychological, investigative, and cultural aspects of serial murder, beginning with its first recorded instance in Ancient Rome, through fifteenth-centu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vronsky, Peter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Berkley Books, 2004.
Edition:Berkley trade pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Serial murderers > Psychology.
Serial murders > Case studies.
Psychology, Pathological.
Tueurs en série > Psychologie.
Meurtres en série > Études de cas.
Psychopathologie.
Serial murders.
Serial killers > Psychology.
Homicide > Case studies.
Abnormal psychology.
Case studies.
True crime stories.
Études de cas.
Récits criminels.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part 1: History Of Monsters
  • 1: Postmodern age of serial homicide, 1970-2000
  • 2: Brief history of serial homicide
  • Part 2: Method And Madness
  • 3: Classifying serial killers
  • 4: Evolution of monstrosity
  • 5: Question of madness
  • 6: Serial killers as children
  • 7: Serial murderer's first kill
  • 8: Killing times
  • Part 3: Fighting Monsters
  • 9: Art and science of criminal profiling
  • 10: Surviving a serial killer
  • Acknowledgments
  • Endnotes
  • Selected sources
  • Index.

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