Contents
Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Study of Murder
2. Growing Up to Murder: The Social Environment and Formative
Events
3. Preoccupation with Murder: Patterned Responses
4. Antecedent Behaviors and the Act of Murder
5. After the Murder
6. A Motivational Model for Sexual Homicide
7. The National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime
8. Crime Scene and Profile Characteristics of Organized and
Disorganized Murderers
9. Criminal Profiling from Crime Scene Analysis
10. The Role of Forensic Pathology in Criminal Profiling
James L. Luke, M.D.
11. Interviewing Convicted Murderers
12. The Police Artist and Composite Drawings
Horace J. Heafner
13. The Victim's Family and Its Response to Trauma
14. Victims: Lessons Learned for Responses to Sexual Violence
Daniel L. Carter, Robert A. Prentky, and Ann W. Burgess
15. Murderers: A Postscript
Appendix: VICAP Crime Analysis Report
Index
About the Authors
John Douglas is the legendary FBI criminal profiler and former
Chief of the FBI’s Behavioral Sciences Unit where he researched,
investigated, and conducted interviews of some of America’s most
violent criminals. Over the past half-century, he either directly
worked on or had overall supervision in over 5,000 violent crime
cases. He is one of the foremost experts of the criminal mind, its
methods, and motivations. Douglas is a veteran of the United States
Air Force and holds a doctorate degree in Education, and lives with
his wife, Pamela, in the Washington, DC, area.
"FBI Law Enforcement BulletinSexual Homicide" offers an
enlightening and practical, yet academically sound, view from the
law enforcement investigator's viewpoint -- a powerful tool for
identifying and apprehending sexual killers.
Pierce R. BrooksCaptain, L.A.P.D. (Retired)Provides an
indispensable source of information and a clear understanding of
the behavioral traits and psychological motives of the sexual
killer. Sexual Homicide is by far the outstanding book in this
field of study.
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