The Serial Killers: A Study in the Psychology of ViolenceAs the number of serial killers worldwide has risen steadily - from the emergence of Jack the Ripper in 1888 to Harold Shipman and Ivan Milat, the backpacker killer of the Australian outback - the need to understand mass murder is becoming more urgent. |
Contents
| 8 | |
Profile of a Serial Killer | 32 |
The Power Syndrome | 137 |
Serial murder is about power not sex The girl in | 169 |
The Jekyll and H yde Syndrome | 178 |
William Heirens Heinrich Pommerencke Melvin | 206 |
Folio 1 Deux | 219 |
Gerald Gallego Musil and the sex murderer | 244 |
serves The Hillside Stranglers Douglas Clark | 256 |
Into the Future | 297 |
Update 31 l | 311 |
Bibliography | 377 |
Other editions - View all
The Serial Killers: A Study in the Psychology of Violence Colin Wilson,Donald Seaman No preview available - 1992 |
The Serial Killers: A Study in the Psychology of Violence Colin Wilson,Donald Seaman No preview available - 2007 |
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