The Invisible Predator (Paperback)
Patrick Nally
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Add to basketPaperback. The Invisible Predator: Yoo Young-chul and the Making of a Serial KillerThe Invisible Predator: Yoo Young-chul and the Making of a Serial Killer is a comprehensive scholarly examination of South Korea's most devastating serial murder case. Between September 2003 and July 2004, Yoo Young-chul, a man with fourteen prior convictions and a PCL-R psychopathy score of 38 out of 40, murdered twenty people across Seoul, targeting first the elderly wealthy of Gangnam and Jongno districts before pivoting to women working in Mapo's massage industry following a personal rejection that redirected his violence with catastrophic consequences.Drawing on developmental criminology, forensic psychology, urban geography, and institutional sociology, this book traces the full arc of the case: from Yoo's impoverished childhood in rural Gochang County through the extraordinary circumstances of his capture by civilian massage parlour operators, not the police who had spent months failing to connect the killings. Each chapter combines rigorous academic analysis with narrative prose, examining the forensic sophistication of the disposal methodology, the PCL-R profile of extreme psychopathy, the systemic failures of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and the cultural legacy of the case in Na Hong-jin's landmark film The Chaser and the 2021 Netflix documentary series. A definitive criminological account of a case This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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The Invisible Predator: Yoo Young-chul and the Making of a Serial Killer
The Invisible Predator: Yoo Young-chul and the Making of a Serial Killer is a comprehensive scholarly examination of South Korea's most devastating serial murder case. Between September 2003 and July 2004, Yoo Young-chul, a man with fourteen prior convictions and a PCL-R psychopathy score of 38 out of 40, murdered twenty people across Seoul, targeting first the elderly wealthy of Gangnam and Jongno districts before pivoting to women working in Mapo's massage industry following a personal rejection that redirected his violence with catastrophic consequences.
Drawing on developmental criminology, forensic psychology, urban geography, and institutional sociology, this book traces the full arc of the case: from Yoo's impoverished childhood in rural Gochang County through the extraordinary circumstances of his capture by civilian massage parlour operators, not the police who had spent months failing to connect the killings. Each chapter combines rigorous academic analysis with narrative prose, examining the forensic sophistication of the disposal methodology, the PCL-R profile of extreme psychopathy, the systemic failures of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and the cultural legacy of the case in Na Hong-jin's landmark film The Chaser and the 2021 Netflix documentary series. A definitive criminological account of a case
Patrick Nally is an Irish criminologist and writer based in Cork, whose work examines the psychological, forensic, and institutional dimensions of serious violent crime across international contexts. Combining rigorous academic grounding with narrative accessibility, his books approach each case as both an individual tragedy and a social document - a lens through which the failures of institutions, the formation of damaged personalities, and the vulnerability of marginalised communities can be examined with the seriousness they deserve.
A graduate of University College Cork, Nally has developed a particular focus on serial predation in non-Western contexts, bringing the frameworks of developmental criminology, forensic psychology, and the sociology of policing to cases that anglophone scholarship has too often overlooked. He writes from the conviction that the victims of extreme violence are best honoured not by sensation but by understanding - and that the work of understanding, pursued with honesty and rigour, is among the most important contributions a criminological writer can make.
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