The Serial Killers - a study in the psychology of violence
by Colin Wilson, Donald Seaman | Nonfiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: Global Overview for this book
ISBN: Global Overview for this book
Registered by YowlYY on 5/5/2003
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An ordinary family house in a quiet West Country town - 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester. Now known throughout the world as the House of Horror: the home of Fred and Rosemary West and the scene of one of the most shocking cases of serial murder England has ever seen. United by acts of unimaginable cruelty, the West's partnership was one of the most deadly in criminal history.
And serial killers are increasing. Triggered by either sexual fantasies or a need to inflict pain and fear, their sadistic addiction to frenzied killing is the most horrifying of all crimes.
But with the formation of the world's first National Centre for the Analysis of Violent Crime in Virginia, made famous in the hugely popular "Silence of the Lambs", the methods of tracking these elusive killers have been revolutionised.
Using their privileged access to the Centre's sophisticated techniques of psychological profiling, Colin Wilson and Donald Seaman have produced the most comprehensive study to date of this terrifying modern phenomenon.
And serial killers are increasing. Triggered by either sexual fantasies or a need to inflict pain and fear, their sadistic addiction to frenzied killing is the most horrifying of all crimes.
But with the formation of the world's first National Centre for the Analysis of Violent Crime in Virginia, made famous in the hugely popular "Silence of the Lambs", the methods of tracking these elusive killers have been revolutionised.
Using their privileged access to the Centre's sophisticated techniques of psychological profiling, Colin Wilson and Donald Seaman have produced the most comprehensive study to date of this terrifying modern phenomenon.
Journal Entry 2 by jazz-ee2 from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Monday, November 20, 2006
Hmm, this looks interesting. Just finishing a book on Death Row, this would seem to be a good book to read next.