Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
During his twenty-five year career with the Investigative Support Unit, Special Agent John Douglas became a legendary figure in law enforcement, pursuing some of the most notorious and sadistic serial killers of our time: the man who hunted prostitutes for sport in the woods of Alaska, the Atlanta child murderer, and Seattle's Green River killer, the case that nearly cost Douglas his life.As the model for Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, Douglas has confronted, interviewed, and studied scores of serial killers and assassins, including Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and Ed Gein, who dressed himself in his victims' peeled skin. Using his uncanny ability to become both predator and prey, Douglas examines each crime scene, reliving both the killer's and the victim's actions in his mind, creating their profiles, describing their habits, and predicting their next moves.
Now, in chilling detail, the legendary Mindhunter takes us behind the scenes of some of his most gruesome, fascinating, and challenging cases -- and into the darkest recesses of our worst nightmares. Amazon.com Review From Publishers Weekly Review Condition Overstated An eye opening account of criminal behaviour FascinatingProduct Details
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Mindhunter enters the minds of some of the country's most notorious serial killers to tell the real-life story of the Investigative Support Unit (ISU) -- the FBI's special force that has assisted state and local police in cracking some of the country's most celebrated serial murder and rape cases. The unit specializes in understanding the chemistry and mechanical workings of the brain's of these serial criminals, and did its homework by interviewing such murderers as Charles Manson and David Berkowitz (the Son of Sam). John Douglas, who worked for the FBI for 25 years, is an authority on the unit, and his book combines the best of nonfiction with that of a murder mystery.
Douglas, who developed criminal profiling techniques for the FBI, teams up with novelist Olshaker to tell of his 25-year career tracking down serial killers.
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John Douglas knows more about serial killers than anybody else in the world.Customer Reviews
The book was priced well and arrived quickly, but the condition of the book was overstated.
This is an interesting account of a career that started out as rather ordinary and ended up with the author as one of the pioneers of Profiling at the FBI. Profiling in this account comes across as much of an art as a science. Certainly not everybody would have the skill the read people like this. It is also a high pressure - high risk job, and the author developed a certain understandable bitterness over time at the lack of support the FBI gave its agents in these roles.
It's surprising how criminal behaviour can be classified as to what sets of these killers and the type of crimes that they commit. You certainly won't learn to be a profiler yourself by reading this book, but you'll gain a new appreciation for the skill of the people who work in the field and an eye opening account of the depths human beings can sink to. For me this was the first book on violent crimes like this I have read and it is heartening that a through and logical approach to these crimes has meant an improvement in the ability of the law to capture the people who kill and keep killing.
Name a serial killer in the 20th century, and John Douglas has gone inside his mind. This is one of the most fascinating books I have read. I got the privilege of meeting Mr. Douglas 12 years ago at an event. He is even more fascinating in person. If you like true crime books, as well as understanding what makes a criminal tick, then get John Douglas's books.
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