A Killer by Design
Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind
New York : Hachette Books, 2021, ©2021.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: ix, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
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.
Subjects:
Burgess, Ann Wolbert.
FBI Academy. Behavioral Science Unit -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
FBI Academy. Behavioral Science Unit -- History.
Psychiatric nurses -- United States -- Biography.
Forensic nursing -- United States -- History.
Criminal behavior, Prediction of -- United States -- History.
Serial murder investigation -- United States -- History.
Serial murderers -- United States -- Psychology.
Burgess, Ann Wolbert.
FBI Academy. Behavioral Science Unit -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
FBI Academy. Behavioral Science Unit -- History.
Psychiatric nurses -- United States -- Biography.
Forensic nursing -- United States -- History.
Criminal behavior, Prediction of -- United States -- History.
Serial murder investigation -- United States -- History.
Serial murderers -- United States -- Psychology.
ISBN:
9780306924866
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Crime Investigation Bur | St. Andrews Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.