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The Anatomy of Motive: The Fbi's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals - Hardcover
Every crime is a mystery story with a motive at its heart. The Anatomy of Motive offers a dramatic, insightful look at the development and evolution of the criminal mind. The former chief of the FBI's Investigative Support Unit, Douglas was the pioneer of modern behavioral profiling of serial criminals. Working again with Mark Olshaker, and using cases from his own fabled career as examples, Douglas takes us further than ever before into the dark corners of the minds of arsonists, hijackers, bombers, poisoners, serial and spree killers, and mass murderers.
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What makes people kill? Specifically, what are the motivations behind serial, mass and spree killings? Drawing from cases such as Dunblane, the still-unsolved Tylenol poisonings, and the Unabomber, former FBI profiler John Douglas and co-author Mark Olshaker try to explain the unthinkable. What sets The Anatomy of Motive apart from so many of the theories about these horrific acts of violence is that Douglas and Olshaker have no obvious political agenda. They don't look for easy answers and they don't provide easy solutions. They do, however, offer some insight into the twisted kind of thinking that can lead a person to believe that the solution to his problems lies in bloodshed. They also provide some danger signs that may help to identify the potentially violent criminal before he has a chance to act out his morbid fantasies. While The Anatomy of Motive is undeniably horrifying, it is also illuminating, and Douglas and Olshaker approach their topic with grace and insight. --Lisa Higgins
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Liz Smith
"New York Post"
A marvelous, thrilling, chilling, and riveting read.
Kathy Reichs author of "Deja Dead" Gripping and terrifying. "The Anatomy of Motive" paints the world of the profiler in vivid detail.
James Patterson author of "Kiss the Girls" and "Cat & Mouse""The Anatomy of Motive" finds John Douglas at the top of his form -- as always. This is a terrific book for true crime and mystery lovers alike.
Patricia Cornwell crime novelist I met John Douglas in the early days of my research. He is masterful and unrivaled in scientific and gifted probing of the violent mind.
Stanton E. Samenow, Ph.D. clinical psychologist and author of "Inside the Criminal Mind" Douglas and Olshaker have done it again! In their latest work, "The Anatomy of Motive, " they offer penetrating insights based on their keen probing of the remotest and darkest dimensions of human nature.
Liz Smith "New York Post" A marvelous, thrilling, chilling, and riveting read.
Liz Smith New York Post A marvelous, thrilling, chilling, and riveting read.
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- PublisherDiane Pub Co
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0756752922
- ISBN 13 9780756752927
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
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