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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.

Burgess, Ann Wolbert, (author.). Constantine, Steven Matthew, (author.).

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"--

Record details

ISBN: 0306924870
ISBN: 9780306924873
Physical Description: x, 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Edition: First trade paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2022.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.