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| | | |  | In this fascinating, in-depth account of the hunt for serial killers, Colin Wilson, one of the world?s leading authorities on the subject, examines the ways they can be tracked down and caught, from the tried-and-true methods of the early 20th century to the high-tech processes in use today. Wilson examines such areas as psychological profiling, genetic fingerprinting, and the launch of the Behavioural Science Unit. He delves into the importance of fantasy to serial killers, the urge to keep on killing, the desire to become notorious, and murder as an addictive drug. He includes his own correspondence with serial killers and follows the career of FBI Special Agent Robert Ressler, the man who coined the term ?serial killer? in 1977. Including the worst murderers in Britain and America such as Peter Sutcliffe, Fred and Rosemary West, Jeffrey Dahmer and Paul Bernardo, this book is an essential read for true crime enthusiasts. This book will appeal to anyone morbidly fascinated by these gruesome murders but especially by the techniques used to bring those responsible to justice. autor: Colin Wilson issn: 1840245921 data: 2007.07.02 cena: 7.99 PLN |
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| | | |  | Acclaimed crime writer Carol Anne Davis explores the minds of sadistic killers: their childhoods, their growing pathology and horrific crimes. Knowing what some of these killers endured doesn?t even begin to excuse their crimes ? but it does explain them. Davis delineates the different subgroups of sadists ? for example, those who kill indiscriminately ? in Britain, the US and Australia.
There are also chapters on:
? female sadists, who tend to be overlooked by the media.
? consensual sadomasochism ? including a rare interview with a well-known female practitioner, Lynn Paula Russell.
? input from a psychologist who has helped rehabilitate some of Britain?s most violent men.
Sadistic Killers is a compelling look at the formative influences of a sadist and at his or her crimes. Unflinching in detail but never gratuitous, this is an informative read with a hopeful ending. autor: Carol Anne Davis issn: 9781848395411 data: 2007.02.12 cena: 7.99 PLN |
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| | | |  | On 24 February 1994, the police turned up at 25 Cromwell Street, an ordinary three-story house in central Gloucester, with a warrant to dig up the back garden. The door was answered by Stephen West, the 20-year-old son of the householders Fred and Rosemary West. The police told him that they were looking for the body of his sister Heather, who had disappeared in May 1987 at the age of 16.? The world?s most depraved murderers were somebody?s neighbour, someone else?s father. What turns a person into a killer? Enter the dark world of true crime? With nineteen chilling chapters on notorious killers including Harold Shipman and Charles Manson, those less well known such as Albert DeSalvo and Dennis Nilsen, and the massacres at Hungerford and Columbine, this book examines how and why these people became the most barbaric murderers of our times. autor: Nigel Cawthorne issn: 1840247991 data: 2006.03.24 cena: 9.99 PLN |
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