Started: 4/25/2021
Finished: 7/1/2021
Year: 2004
Pages: 383
Genre: True Crime/Psychology
Grade: B
Reason for reading: grabbed off TBR shelf
Type: paperback
Blurb (from back cover): "In this unique book, Peter Vronsky documents the psychological , investigative, and cultural aspects of serial murder, beginning with its first recorded instance in ancient Rome through fifteenth-century France on to such notorious contemporary cases as cannibal/necrophiliac Ed Kemper, Henry Lee Lucas, Ted Bundy, and the emergence of what he classifies as the 'serial rampage killer,' such as Andrew Cunanan.
"Vronsky not only offers sound theories on what makes a serial killer but also makes concrete suggestions on how to survive an encounter with one-from recognizing verbal warning signs to physical confrontational resistance. Exhaustively researched with transcripts of interviews with killers, and featuring up-to-date information on the apprehensive and conviction of the Green River Killer and the Beltway Snipers."
Opinion: An interesting look at the history of serial killers and some of the possible psychology behind it. Some information about the FBI profiling team which I have always been interested in. I found this pretty interesting to read.
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