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Item Details
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SERIAL MURDERS
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| By: |
Brian Innes |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£19.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
159084372X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781590843727 |
| Publisher: |
MASON CREST PUBLISHERS |
| Pub. date: |
15 June, 2003 |
| Series: |
Crime and Detection |
| Pages: |
96 |
| Synopsis: |
The systematic killing of a succession of victims, often over a period of many years, is not a modern phenomenon, but it has increased alarmingly over the past 50 years, particularly in the United States. Psychopathic individuals have discovered the pleasure - most frequently sexual - of meaningless murder, and the resultant publicity that their cases often provoke has caused the FBI to be concerned that a growing number of incidents are 'copy-cat' crimes. "Serial Murders" details several typical cases - historical and recent - from the 15th-century French killer, Gillesde Rais (the original 'Bluebeard'), to Englishman Dr. Harold Shipman. The author investigates the root causes that led to the development of the killers psychopathic personalities - often deprivation and abuse in childhood - and describes the gathering of evidence that eventually led to their identification and arrest.This book covers the following fascinating and gruesome cases: Jack the Ripper, who terrorized London in the 19th century; Peter Kurten, the 'Monster of Dusseldorf'; George Joseph Smith, the English 'brides-in-the-bath' murderer; the Boston Strangler; Ted Bundy; John Wayne Gacy; Charles Manson; and, the Yorkshire Ripper. |
| US Grade: |
From Seventh Grade to Twelfth Grade |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Mason Crest Publishers |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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