Serial Killers

✍ Scribed by Michael Newton, John L. French

• Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 121
• Series: Criminal investigations
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

From ancient times to the present, serial killers have terrorized the public, claiming their victims with a variety of methods, including poisoning, stabbing, and shooting. Modern law enforcement agents have developed sophisticated techniques, such as DNA analysis and psychological profiling, to track and identify these killers. Covering key historical and contemporary cases, ''Serial Killers'' is a concise, objective introduction to this field of criminal investigation. This book includes such chapters as: Murder by Numbers; Monsters Among Us; Lethal Ladies; Still at Large; and, The Mind hunters. Cases covered include: Erzsebet Bathory; the Beltway Snipers; David Berkowitz, a.k.a. 'Son of Sam'; John Wayne Gacy; Micajah and Wiley Harpe; Jack the Ripper; Herman Webster Mudgett, aka 'H.H. Holmes'; Gary Leon Ridgway, a.k.a. 'The Green River Killer'; and, Aileen Wuornos.

✦ Table of Contents

TOC......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Introduction......Page 12
Murderby Numbers......Page 16
A History of Violence......Page 24
Monsters Among Us......Page 32
Lethal Ladies......Page 42
Team Killers......Page 50
Bad Medicine......Page 60
Chamber of Horrors......Page 68
Still at Large......Page 78
A Worldwide Problem......Page 88
The Mindhunters......Page 96
Solving Serial Crimes......Page 104
Chronology......Page 108
Endnotes......Page 111
Bibliography......Page 113
Further Resources......Page 114
Index......Page 115
About the Consulting Editor......Page 121