The killers among us : an examination of serial murder and its investigation /

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Author / Creator:Egger, Steven A.
Imprint:Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1998.
Description:xix, 296 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2780510
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ISBN:0134724240
0138947341
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-283) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. The Serial Murder Phenomenon. 1. Serial Murder. 2. Why Do They Kill and Kill and Kill? 3. They Are All Around Us. 4. Victims: The "Less-Dead" 5. Serial Murder: A Growth Industry
  • Pt. II. Case Studies of Serial Killers. 6. John Wayne Gacy: Case Study. 7. Henry Lee Lucas: Case Study. 8. Kenneth Bianchi: Case Study. 9. Theodore Robert Bundy: Case Study. 10. Cross-Case Analysis: Similarities of Four Serial Killers
  • Pt. III. The Investigation of Serial Murder. 11. Problems in Investigating Serial Murder. 12. Different Police Strategies to Serial Murder
  • Pt. IV. The Future. 13. Future of the Phenomenon. 14. Future Investigation of Serial Murder: Recommendations. 15. Jeffrey Dahmer and Beyond. App. B. Sources for Jeffrey Dahmer Case Study.