Profiling pioneer John Douglas has a theory that once the motivating force of a criminal is revealed, there is a good chance of solving the case. He uses cases from his own career to illustrate this argument, analysing the killer's mind in order to learn to anticipate violent behaviour.
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Profiling pioneer John Douglas has a theory that once the motivating force of a criminal is revealed, there is a good chance of solving the case. He uses cases from his own career to illustrate this argument, analysing the killer's mind in order to learn to anticipate violent behaviour.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1st UK edition, large 8vo, 320pp, mild tanning to paper o/w VG+ Copy in VG+ DJ; laid in is a Sunday Times newscutting review of the book by John Stalker.
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Very good. Stains on pages and the sid. 9780712629799 **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.
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Very good in Very good jacket. VGC. Simon and Schuster, 2000. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small dent on the edge of the cover) with Dj(a couple of nicks and small crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Nice and clean pages with small ink mark and slightly tainted and yellow on the outer edges, previous owner's name written on the edge of the first blank page of the book. The book is in VGC but with light shelf wear on the edges of the pages.320pp including index. Price un-clipped.
If you are interested in the motives of major criminals you will find this interesting. Unfortunately, the author doesn't really get the psychological trauma most perpetrators have suffered, as it's only since the 90's that the connections have really been understood. Thus he still sees some perpetrators as "evil" or monsters. There is now treatment that could help some of these people if the conditions were caught early enough or if their traumas were prevented by proper conditions in their childhood. Punishment after the fact does hot produce any lasting change, and in most cases will only provoke the person into worse behaviour if ever released or if they escape. For better information, see the book "Violence" by Gilligan.
Kim A. M
Nov 17, 2011
Still mostly relevant
Good older book. Still relevant for people that just want to get an overview of how the monster hunters put information together.
