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Overkill : Mass Murder and Serial Killing Exposed
by Alan James Fox, Jack Levin (Contributor), James Alan Fox

ISBN: 0440221897
$4.40

Two nationally prominent criminologists explain the psychology of serial killers, including Jeffrey Dahmer, Joel Rifkin, Ted Bundy, and Colin Fergusson, examining their childhoods, their motivations and fantasies, and the role of society in forming them.

 

Signature Killers
by Robert D. Keppel, William J. Birnes

ISBN: 0671001302
$5.59

Robert Keppel explores in unflinching detail the monstrous patterns, sadistic compulsions, and depraved motives of serial killers. This book interprets these calling cards from the most notorious sexual murderers and explains what experienced homicide investigators should look for in order to solve the mysterious crimes.

The Riverman : The Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer
by Robert D. Keppel, William J. Birnes

ISBN: 0671867636
$5.59

For the first time, the conversations between Keppel and Bundy are revealed--conversations in which Bundy speculates about the motive and methods of the Green River Killer and, finally, reveals his own secrets. Such as, how Bundy selected, stalked and charmed his victims; what drove him to kill; and what powerful compulsion made him continue to kill.

Small Sacrifices : A True Story of Passion and Murder 
by Ann Rule

ISBN: 0451166604
$6.39

Ann Rule's shocking and powerful account of the destructive forces that drove Diane Downs, a beautiful young mother, to shoot her three young children in cold blood. Interweaves eyewitness accounts, police records, and personal interviews into the chilling account of Diane Downs, a woman convicted of the ruthless shooting of her own three young children for the sake of passion.

Women Who Kill
by Ann Jones 

ISBN: 080706775X
$12.80

This international bestseller explores how and why women have killed throughout American history--and what their cases reveal about social prejudices and legal practices that still prevail. From Lizzie Borden to Jean Harris, these tales of crime and punishment uncover hard truths about American society and women's place in it.

Sexual Homicide : Patterns and Motives
by Robert K. Ressler, Ann W. Burgess, John E. Douglas, Horace J. Heafner 

ISBN: 0028740637
$25.00

Sexual Homicide: Patterns & Motives is the result of twelve years of research of the minds, personalities and crimes of those who commit the most outrageous acts in our society. I conceived the idea for this book in the mid 1970's and broke all FBI convention by doing in-depth research interviews with 36 sexual and serial killers. I studied their crimes, listened to their stories and finally pulled together the data to formulate this book.

Bad Girls Do It! an Encyclopedia of Female Murderers
by Michael Newton

ISBN: 1559501049
$13.56

Nonetheless, these 182 case histories of female multiple murderers are packed with well-researched details. You will read about "angels of death" (nurses who kill), "black widows," lethal landladies, and murderous moms. Many of them are little known, such as Rachal David, a religious fanatic who tossed her seven children off an 11th-story hotel balcony in Salt Lake City in 1978, while a screaming crowd watched from below.

Have Lived in the Monster : Inside the Minds of the World's Most Notorious Serial Killers
by Robert K. Ressler, Tom Shachtman

ISBN: 0312964293
$5.20

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. Includes exclusive, final interviews with serial killers John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer. National publicity.

Profiling Violent Crimes : An Investigative Tool
by Ronald M. Holmes, Stephen T. Holmes

ISBN: 0803972393
$24.95

A guide for students and professionals in criminology and criminal justice to constructing a psychological profile of someone who perpetrated a crime. The method incorporates such social factors as age, race, sex, occupation, and education.

The I-5 Killer
by Ann Rule

ISBN: 0451165594
$5.59

As a young man, Randall Woodfield had it all--a star athlete, good looks, and an award-winning student. Working in the swinging West Coast bar scene, he had more than his share of women. But he wanted more than just sex. An appetite for unspeakable violent acts led him to cruise the I-5 highway through California to Washington, leaving a trail of victims along the way. As the list of the dead grew, the police mobilized to stop a twisted killer who had 44 known deaths to his name.

Guilty by Reason of Insanity: A Psychiatrist Explores the Minds of Killers
by Dorothy Otnow Lewis

ISBN: 0804118876
$6.39

Far from being another shallow "oh wow" book about conversations with horrifying killers, this is a thoughtful, humane examination of the horrible experiences that most murderers have endured, and a penetrating analysis of how subtle signs of brain damage in these people have been missed by other researchers.

Serial Killers : The Insatiable Passion
by David Lester

ISBN: 0914783777
$15.16

Even though there isn't any groundbreakingly new info in this book, it contains all of the research that has been done on serial killers and there is no other book that does that.

Destined for Murder : Profiles of Six Serial Killers With Astrological Commentary
by Sandra Harrisson Young, 

ISBN: 156718832X
 $10.36

I found this book to be particularly enlightening...since I'm an astrologer and have a directed interest in the goings on in the minds of murderers, serial killers, etc. The cases of Ted Bundy, Richard Speck and especially Diane Downs gave me a new insight into their thoughts and motivations...

Hunting Humans: An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers
by Michael Newton

ISBN: 1559500263
$27.96

This no-nonsense encyclopedia features a preface with statistics on typology and distribution of serial killers, and detailed, well-composed entries on more than 500 individual cases from all over the world. The cases are listed by names of killers and by categories of crimes (including unsolved murders by geographical region). They include lust killers, merry widows and widowers, "bluebeards," duos and gangs, murderous cults, lethal doctors and nurses, highway and railroad killers

 

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