The Anatomy of Motive

Zusatztext Liz Smith New York Post A marvelous! thrilling! chilling! and riveting read. Informationen zum Autor John E. Douglas is a former FBI special agent, the Bureau's criminal profiling pioneer and one of the creators of the Crime Classification Manual . He is currently a consultant on criminal investigative analysis and the author, with Mark Olshaker, of Journey Into Darkness , The Anatomy of Motive , The Cases That Haunt Us , and Law & Disorder , among others.Mark Olshaker is a novelist, nonfiction author, and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. He has written and produced numerous documentaries, including the Emmy-nominated PBS NOVA program Mind of a Serial Killer . Klappentext 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.Every crime is a mystery story with a motive at its heart. 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. 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.Douglas identifies the antisocial personality, showing surprising similarities and differences among various types of deadly offenders. He also tracks the progressive escalation of those criminals' sociopathic behavior. 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. Zusammenfassung Synopsis coming soon....... Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsPrologue: DunblaneOne: What I Learned from the Bad GuysTwo: Playing with FireThree: Magnum ForceFour: Name Your PoisonFive: Guys Who SnapSix: On the RunSeven: Shadow of a GunmanEight: Random Acts of ViolenceNine: You Make the CallIndex...

Liz Smith New York Post A marvelous, thrilling, chilling, and riveting read.

Auteur

John Douglas and Mark Olshaker

Texte du rabat

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.Every crime is a mystery story with a motive at its heart. 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. 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.Douglas identifies the antisocial personality, showing surprising similarities and differences among various types of deadly offenders. He also tracks the progressive escalation of those criminals' sociopathic behavior. 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.

Résumé
Synopsis coming soon.......

Contenu

Contents

Prologue: Dunblane

One: What I Learned from the Bad Guys

Two: Playing with Fire

Three: Magnum Force

Four: Name Your Poison

Five: Guys Who Snap

Six: On the Run

Seven: Shadow of a Gunman

Eight: Random Acts of Violence

Nine: You Make the Call

Index