Hunting Humans - Softcover

Leyton, Elliott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0771053096 ISBN 13: 9780771053092

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

In this classic study, Elliott Leyton challenges the conventional idea of serial murderers as deranged madmen. He explores the twisted – but comprehensible – motives of a half-dozen notorious killers: Edmund Emil Kemper, Theodore Robert Bundy, Albert DeSalvo (“The Boston Strangler”), David Richard Berkowitz (“Son of Sam”), Mark James Robert Essex, and Charles Starkweather. In the process of describing their crimes Leyton exposes the cold rationality that underlies their apparent pointlessness. The result is startling: a revelatory text on a deeply troubling topic.

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About the Author

<b>Elliott Leyton</b> is a professor of anthropology at Memorial University in Newfoundland. He holds research and faculty appointments in Ireland and England, has delivered lectures throughout Europe, the United States, and Canada, and is a past president of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association. Because of his recognized expertise in the psychology of the multiple killer he has established close links with police forces around the world. His books include <i>Dying Hard</i>, <i>The Myth of Delinquency</i>, <i>Hunting Humans</i>, <i>Men of Blood</i> and <i>Touched by Fire </i>(with photographer Greg Locke).

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sic study, Elliott Leyton challenges the conventional idea of serial murderers as deranged madmen. He explores the twisted – but comprehensible – motives of a half-dozen notorious killers: Edmund Emil Kemper, Theodore Robert Bundy, Albert DeSalvo (“The Boston Strangler”), David Richard Berkowitz (“Son of Sam”), Mark James Robert Essex, and Charles Starkweather. In the process of describing their crimes Leyton exposes the cold rationality that underlies their apparent pointlessness. The result is startling: a revelatory text on a deeply troubling topic.

Edition details

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0771053096
• ISBN 13: 9780771053092
• Binding: Paperback