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Defined by the FBI as a person who murders 3 or more people over a period of time with a hiatus of weeks or months between murders, serial killers have walked among us from the dawn of time as these books will demonstrate. Some terminology that may be used in this description includes: Shelfwear Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
More than 240 serial killers are profiled in The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers but many more are included in the extensive appendices that Newton has prepared for the book.One of his special peeves is the term 'spree killer,' and he also doesn't seem to think much of profilers. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Included are the most famous true crime serial killers, like Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Richard Ramirez, and not to mention the women who kill, such as Aileen Wuornos, and Martha Rendell.
New and updated entries include: Axe Man of New Orleans ; BTK Killer; Jack the Ripper; Cuidad Juarez, Mexico; John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, the Sniper Killers; Gary Leon Ridgway, the Green River Killer; Harold Frederick Shipman; ViCLAS; Coral Watts; Aileen Wuornos; Robert Lee Yates Jr. This three-in-one volume features Edgar Award-winning author Burl Barer's works: MAN OVERBOARD, BETRAYAL IN BLUE, and A TASTE FOR MURDER. The Big Book of Serial Killers is an easy-to-follow collection of information on the world's most heinous murderers. The first volume featuring the most infamous killers throughout history—from Afghanistan’s Abdullah Shah to Kazakh cannibal Nikolai Dzhumagaliev.Hall has compiled particulars on hundreds of serial killers, and the specifics of their ultimate fates.
What I really like about this book is the aspect of every serial killer which deals about their background as well as why would they committe such a crime that forever haunt us till this very day. More than 240 entries and 70 photographs detail individual cases of serial murder from ancient Rome to the present day, law enforcement agents and their techniques, the factors that contribute to the development of a serial killer, and how society chooses to deal with and punish these vicious criminals.Seems like women kill mostly for insurance money, for attention (yup) and for powers (all the nurse killers). I thought that this book was a very extraordinary and it hightlighted all the main facts of the serial killers of all time. Most of the entries in this encyclopedia are concerned with the serial killers themselves, whether they acted alone, in twosomes, or in packs. Hundreds of members of the Irish Republican Army determined to drive the hated British out of the province-killing soldiers and police, detonating … [Read More. A poor condition book can still make a good reading copy but is generally not collectible unless the item is very scarce.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about this murder-opedia is that it feels like it has a British focus, so there is more detail on European and English murderers, like Fred West, who was apprehended and charged in 1994, apparently when this text was authored. It includes new major serial killers who have come to light since the first edition was published, as well as many older cases that have been solved, such as the Green River Killer, or further investigated like Jack the Ripper and the Zodiac Killer.The author wasted the limited space to discuss generic subjects such as modus operandi and memorabilia among others instead of making good use of it by covering more serial killers. The author manages to cover a brief history of each killer, and the reader begins to notice patterns in some of the cases - such as a traumatic or abusive childhood.
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