Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (972 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0671528904 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 397 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly Douglas, who developed criminal profiling techniques for the FBI, teams up with novelist Olshaker to tell of his 25-year career tracking down serial killers. . Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc
Using his uncanny ability to become both predator and prey, Douglas examines each crime scene, reliving both the killer's and the victim's actions in his mind, creating their profiles, describing their habits, and predicting their next moves.. In chilling detail, the legendary Mindhunter takes us behind the scenes of some of his most gruesome, fascinating, and challenging cases—and into the darkest recesses of our worst nightmares.During his twenty-five year career with the Investigative Support Unit, Special Agent John Douglas became a legendary figure in law enforcement, pursuing some of the most notorious and sadistic serial killers of our time: the man who hunted prostitutes for sport in the woods of Alaska, the Atlanta child murderer, and Seattle's Green River killer, the case that nearly cost Douglas his life.As the model for Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, Douglas has conf
Jordan Loney said Could have been half the length and twice as interesting.. The book was fairly interesting. The author rarely explained how he came to some of the profiling conclusions that he reached. It seemed that the book became repetitive in the sense that the author would just say "I predicted the killer would have this set of traits, and lo and behold, he did!"The author has led a very impressive life, and he is very aware of that fact.. Great book and a scary world out there Ivette parra All these stories and profiles are just so interesting. I enjoyed the way Douglas recounts cases and his own story in the FBI. Of course all the cases are eye-openers for all the creepy things that people do, but it's also a story about great guys putting the clues together and doing something. So that's good. I picked up this book after reading Anatomy of Murder and I'll definitely keep buying Douglas and Olshaker' s books. "There Are Evil People" according to Lodge2. For those who believe that evil exists in the world and some people should not be allowed to walk among us, this book is for you. John Douglas recounts the formation of the FBI's Investigative Support Unit. He describes some to the nations most notorious serial killers and the story of how they were hunted down and, in most cases, brought to justice.He offers a great pearl of wisdom near the end of the book regarding crime