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Mindhunter : inside the FBI's elite serial crime unit / John Douglas and Mark Olshaker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Gallery Books, [2017]Copyright date: ©1995Edition: First Gallery books trade paperback editionDescription: xxviii, 420 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustraitons ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781501191961
  • 1501191969
Other title:
  • Mind hunter
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Twenty years later -- Prologue: I must be in hell -- Inside the mind of a killer -- My mother's name was Holmes -- Betting on raindrops -- Between two worlds -- Behavioral science or BS? -- Taking the show on the road -- The heart of darkness -- The killer will have a speech impediment -- Walking in the shoes -- Everybody has a rock -- Atlanta -- One of our own -- The most dangerous game -- Who killed the All-American girl? -- Hurting the ones we love -- "God wants you to join Shari Faye" -- Anyone can be a victim -- Battle of the shrinks -- Sometimes the dragon wins.
Summary: "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 confronted, interviewed, and studied scores of serial killers and assassins, including Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and Ed Gein, who dressed himself in his victims' peeled skin. 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."--Page 4 of cover.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 363.2595 D734 Available 33111010760383
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Now a Netflix original series

Discover the classic, behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas' twenty-five-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling to delve into the minds of the country's most notorious serial killers and criminals.

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 confronted, interviewed, and studied scores of serial killers and assassins, including Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and Ed Gein, who dressed himself in his victims' peeled skin. 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.

"Now a NETFLIX original series"--Cover.

"With a new introduction by the authors"--Cover.

"Media Tie-in"--The publisher.

Includes index.

"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 confronted, interviewed, and studied scores of serial killers and assassins, including Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and Ed Gein, who dressed himself in his victims' peeled skin. 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."--Page 4 of cover.

Twenty years later -- Prologue: I must be in hell -- Inside the mind of a killer -- My mother's name was Holmes -- Betting on raindrops -- Between two worlds -- Behavioral science or BS? -- Taking the show on the road -- The heart of darkness -- The killer will have a speech impediment -- Walking in the shoes -- Everybody has a rock -- Atlanta -- One of our own -- The most dangerous game -- Who killed the All-American girl? -- Hurting the ones we love -- "God wants you to join Shari Faye" -- Anyone can be a victim -- Battle of the shrinks -- Sometimes the dragon wins.

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