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A killer by design : murderers, mindhunters, and my quest to decipher the criminal mind / Ann Wolbert Burgess and Steven Matthew Constantine.
Van Pelt Library HV7911.B853 B87 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burgess, Ann Wolbert, author.
- Constantine, Steven Matthew, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychiatric nurses--United States--Biography.
- Psychiatric nurses.
- Forensic nursing--United States--History.
- Forensic nursing.
- Criminal behavior, Prediction of--United States--History.
- Criminal behavior, Prediction of.
- Serial murder investigation--United States--History.
- Serial murder investigation.
- Serial murderers--United States--Psychology.
- Serial murderers.
- History.
- Psychology.
- Employees.
- Serial murderers--Psychology.
- Burgess, Ann Wolbert.
- FBI Academy. Behavioral Science Unit--Officials and employees--Biography.
- FBI Academy.
- FBI Academy. Behavioral Science Unit--History.
- FBI Academy. Behavioral Science Unit.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Murderers, mindhunters, and my quest to decipher the criminal mind
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Hachette Books, 2021.
- Summary:
- "A behind-the-scenes look at the creation and development of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, written by the pioneering forensic nurse who transformed the way the FBI studies, profiles, and catches serial killers"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: It starts with a test
- When the FBI calls
- The bomb shelter
- Profiling the profilers
- Reading the crime scene
- A female killer
- My best friend Missy
- Victimology 101
- Beneath the mask
- "There's no cookbook"
- A deeper look
- Fantasy or reality, you can't have both
- Patterns of dismemberment
- Reading between the lines
- Bind them, torture them, kill them
- Ego will be your downfall
- Gazing into the abyss
- The monster within.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780306924866
- 0306924862
- OCLC:
- 1245921603
- Publisher Number:
- 99990913897
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