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	David V. Canter (2000) Criminal Shadows. Inner Narratives of Evil. Authorlink David Canter, Professor of Psychology at the University of Liverpool, England and former FBI forensic psychologist explains how to construct profiles of serial rapists and killers. Scholarly! More...		John Douglas / Mark Olshaker (2000) The Anatomy of Motive. Pocket Former FBI profiler John Douglas and coauthor Mark Olshaker have explored the criminal minds of serial killers, their twisted kind of thinking, their urge to hurt, dominate and control. While these journeys into paranoid minds may help to solve some of the horrible crimes, they certainly cannot explain them. Not all frustrated losers, control freaks or psychopaths are killing people. More...

	Michael Newton (2000) The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. Checkmark Books This exhaustive overview of the most macabre and fascinating branch of crime may have some conceptual flaws (confusing definition of serial killings) and sometimes comes dangerously close to glorifying the hideous personalities of the criminals; but it is the most complete documentation on the market. More...		Gordon Burn (1999) Happy Like Murderers. Faber and Faber Fred and Rose West got away with cold blooded and totally calculated murder for years. Burns' horror story turns your stomach when you remember that he just reports what actually happened. More...

	James B. Stewart (1999) Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away with Murder. Simon & Schuster Don't read that book when you are sick in a hospital bed! Pulitzer-prize winner James B. Stewart describes the career of Dr. Michael Swango, a handsome physician, who may have poisoned at least 35 of his patients. (Dr. Swango was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences for murdering four of his patients.) More...		Terry Adams / Mary Brooks-Mueller / Scott Shaw (1999) Eye of the Beast. St. Martin's True Crime This book chronicles the investigation and conviction to death of James Wood in 1993. He kidnapped and murdered an 11-year-old girl, raped at least 85 women, is credited with 185 robberies and committed dozens of murders. The horror of this book is the apparent utter lack of conscience and the boundless blood rage of this killer. More...

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