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Format:

Book

Author:

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher, Date:

New York : Hachette Books, 2021.

Description:

ix, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, color ; 24 cm

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.

Subjects:

Burgess, Ann Wolbert.

FBI Academy. Behavioral Science Unit -- Officials and employees -- Biography.

FBI Academy. Behavioral Science Unit -- History.

Psychiatric nurses -- United States -- Biography.

Forensic nursing -- United States -- History.

Criminal behavior, Prediction of -- United States -- History.

Serial murder investigation -- United States -- History.

Serial murderers -- United States -- Psychology.

Other Author:

Constantine, Steven Matthew, author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: It starts with a test -- When the FBI calls -- The bomb shelter -- Profiling the profilers -- Reading the crime scene -- A female killer -- The kidnapping of Missy Ackerman -- 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 -- The monster within.

LCCN:

2021011086

ISBN:

9780306924866

0306924862

Other Number:

1245921603

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

936058

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

364.309 Burgess