Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers, and Other Deviants - Hardcover

Mariotte, Jeff

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1620456079 ISBN 13: 9781620456071

Publisher: Trade Paper Press, 2010

Synopsis

An authorized tie-in to the popular TV show Criminal Minds

Most episodes of Criminal Minds feature a briefing where the show's team of FBI profilers defines the type of criminal they're looking for and provides some real-life examples. This book tells the story of those examples.

• Published to coincide with the release of season five of Criminal Minds on DVD
• Organized by type of criminal, including solo serial killers, sexual predators, and killers with famous victims; and tells the stories of many famous murderers, including David Berkowitz, Jeffrey Dahmer, Mark David Chapman, and the Zodiac killer
• Features photographs from the show

Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers, and Other Deviants is a fascinating, terrifying book about the criminal minds who live among us.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Most episodes of CBS s Criminal Minds series feature a briefing where the profiling team defines the type of criminal they are looking for by examining behavior patterns that were established in actual criminal cases. Now author Jeff Mariotte takes us deeper into the BAU process by revealing the evil behind some of the most heinous murderers, sexual predators, and psychopaths in history. In this authorized companion to the hit TV series, you ll learn how real–life criminals committed their unspeakable crimes and follow the investigators who finally tracked them down. Mariotte explains why and how profilers organize major offenders into types and why each of these perpetrators falls into a particular category. You ll get the stories behind:

• Solo serial killers, such as David Berkowitz, Zodiac, and Henry Lee Lucas

• Sexual predators who preyed on women and girls, such as Dennis Rader and Gary Ridgway, and those who preyed on men and boys, such as John Wayne Gacy

• Killers with famous victims, such as John Hinckley, Robert John Bardo, and Mark David Chapman

• Cannibals and vampirists, such as Jeffrey Dahmer

• Traveling killers, such as Ted Bundy

• Female killers, such as Aileen Wuornos

• Family annihilators, such as John List, Mark Barton, and the Menendez brothers

• And many more

Featuring stunning photos from the CBS series, Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers, and Other Deviants will give you new terrifying and fascinating insights into the mind of a criminal.

About the Author:

JEFF MARIOTTE is a mystery writer and the co–owner of Mysterious Galaxy, an independent bookstore specializing in mystery, science fiction, fantasy, and horror. He has written more than three dozen tie–in novels, including two for CSI and one for CSI: Miami and graphic novels based on both.

About this edition

• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1620456079
• ISBN 13: 9781620456071
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 308