Good Book

I have read many of Douglas' books in the past but this one is much closer to a textbook, which I knew when I bought it. Very informative and is based on their study of numerous sexual murderers so it does use actual case studies and does clarify points from quoting from those interviews. If you buy this knowing that it is basically a textbook and you are OK with that...you will love this book as it is jam packed full of info.

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A Landmark Research Book

The pioneering research work of Robert Ressler, Ann Burgess and John Douglass is presented in startling statistical detail. Thirty-six sexual murderers were interviewed: the data about their motivations, drives, and fantasies was catalogued and indexed in insightful graphic detail. Perhaps the psychological, predatory horror that lurks in the minds of serial killers will never be fully understood, but Douglass, Burgess, and Ressler's work offers some stunning insights into the mind-set of some of today's most horrific sexual killers.

With nearly 16,000 homicides in the U.S. each year, the highest of any country in the industrialized world, there is no doubt we are in the midst of an alarming social epidemic. If any biological pathogen killed as many Americans each year, we would be under a state of national emergency.

The rise in the number of so-called "lust murders" is particularly disturbing. To understand and apprehend the criminal, we must first understand both the crime and the victim- something criminologists refer to as "victimology." Child abuse, anti-social behavioral indicators, psychological triggers, and paraphilia obsessions: this book delves into the dark impulses that drive so many of these horrific homicides. This book is an essential tool for the homicide investigator and criminal profiler.

The disturbing nature of some of the numerous homicide cases, indexed in this book, should be a wake-up call to all of us. Something dark, sinister and cancerous is eating away at the fabric of our society- disturbing the equilibrium of its life-force.

This book quantifies sexual homicide with scholarly clarity. "Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives" is a landmark investigative tool in the field of criminology.



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The textbook on Criminal Profiling

Indepensible. The textbook for criminal profilers and forensic investigators. A scholarly colossal work of invaluable and useful information. Ressler builds a very convincing case for the statisical analysis and identification of serial killers types.

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