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A killer by design : murderers, mindhunters, and my quest to decipher the criminal mind / Ann Wolbert Burgess and Steven Matthew Constantine.

Summary:

"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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0306924862
  • ISBN: 9780306924866
  • Physical Description: ix, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 295) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: It starts with a test -- When the FBI calls -- 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 -- Monster within.
Subject: Burgess, Ann Wolbert.
FBI Academy. Behavioral Science Unit > History.
FBI Academy. Behavioral Science Unit > Officials and employees > Biography.
Criminal behavior, Prediction of > United States > History.
Forensic nursing > United States > History.
Psychiatric nurses > United States > Biography.
Serial murder investigation > United States > History.
Serial murderers > United States > Psychology.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Biographies.

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  • 38 of 39 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Rockingham County Public Library.

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