The Anatomy of Motive : The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals
 

The Anatomy of Motive : The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals

by John Douglas, Mark Olshaker

What makes people kill? Specifically, what are the motivations behind serial, mass, and spree killings? Drawing from cases such as the mass murder in Dunblane, Scotland, in which a lone gunman mowed down 16 children and their teacher, the still-unsolved Tylenol poisonings, and the Unabomber, former FBI profiler John Douglas and coauthor Mark Olshaker try to explain the unthinkable. What sets... (read more)

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I am inspired at the tireless determination of people like John Douglas, who see a problem and fight to add to its solution. This book is an excellent primmer on crime psychology as well as an interesting look at law enforcement trying to cope with unthinkable crime situations.

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