However, this is a great introductory book for newbies who want to learn about profiling and murdering motives. However, by the middle of the books, I got tired of the same way the the author kept mentioning about his knowledge, his work and his team, quite repetitive and superficial.I also find the analyses of the motives, the psychological mind and the crimes not deep enough for my background. I also learned about some very similar childhood and growing up experiences of those criminals. They were fascinating to read in the beginning, with one case per chapter. Several real and high profile criminal cases were used and explained in detailed in the book, including the Unabomber, the Tylenol Murders and the Green River Killer.
He studied their work and kill patterns and habitats predicted their next moves.then built strategies to capture and prosecute them.
He examined crime scenes and created profiles of the criminals. He was the first to implement profiling into the US FBI unit. The beginning of the book was quite interesting, since it gave me some background about the author's education and past experience. Unfortunately, Mindhunter was not available on Kindle, so I bought this one to read on Kindle while waiting for Mindhunter DTB to arrive. She indicated that this one was not the best from this author, since his first, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, was well received. This book was recommended to me by someone who's family is in law enforcement, after she found out how much I love reading books about serial murderers and profiling.
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His analysis of such diverse killers as Lee Harvey Oswald, Theodore Kaczynski, and Timothy McVeigh is gripping, but more importantly, helps us learn how to anticipate potential violent behavior before it's too late. He also tracks the progressive escalation of those criminals' sociopathic behavior. Douglas identifies the antisocial personality, showing surprising similarities and differences among various types of deadly offenders. He not only takes us into the darkest recesses of the minds of arsonists, hijackers, bombers, poisoners, assassins, serial killers, and mass murderers, but also the seemingly ordinary people who suddenly kill their families or go on a rampage in the workplace.
With the brilliant insight he brought to his renowned work inside the FBI's elite serial-crime unit, John Douglas pieces together motives behind violent sociopathic behavior. Every crime is a mystery story with a motive at its heart. From legendary FBI profiler John Douglas and Mark Olshaker - authors of the nonfiction international bestsellers Mindhunter, Journey into Darkness, and Obsession - comes an unprecedented, insightful look at the root of all crime.
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