Summary
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Labeled as the crime of the 1990’s, serial murder is predicted to remain the crime of the first decades of the new millennium. This book brings together the perspectives of acknowledged experts in the field along with those of emerging authorities on serial murder. The chapters offer a unique look at these crimes from a variety of viewpoints and experiences. Accessibly written, this compelling volume includes information on minorities and serial killing, as well the manner in which serial killers are traced and tracked.
Sequential Predation: Elements of Serial Fatal Victimization
Sequential Predation: Elements of Serial Fatal Victimization
Introduction
Perhaps nothing galvanizes the public's attention as fatal serial or sequential predation. The names of serial offenders, killers and rapists alike, capture the media and become perverse societal icons. Ted Bundy, Gerard Schaefer, Henry Lucas, John Wayne Gacy, and others demanded and received immense attention to such a degree that the names of such sequential predators became household names.
Books, movies, TV shows and documentaries have become a part of the pop and serious culture of our times. Thomas Harris' books, The Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs, are literary icons. Everyone wants to be a profiler like Clarice Starling! But the real star of the books and movies was ...
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