Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit - Hardcover

Douglas, John E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684803763 ISBN 13: 9780684803760

Publisher: Scribner, 1995

Synopsis

The inspiration for Special Agent Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs and head of the FBI's investigative unit that deals with serial killers demonstrates his celebrated talent for getting inside their minds. 200,000 first printing. Tour.

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Review:

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.

From the Publisher:

He has hunted some of the most notorious and sadistic criminals of our time: The Trailside Killer in San Francisco, the Atlanta Child murderer. He has contronted, interviewed and researched dozens of serial killers and assassins -- including Charles Manson, Richard Speck, John Wayne Gacy, and James Earl Ray -- for a landmark study to understand their motives. To get inside their minds. He is Special Agent John Douglas, the model for law enforcement legend Jack Crawford in Thomas Harris's thrillers Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs, and the man who ushered in a new age in bahavorial science and criminal profiling. Recently retired after twenty-five years of service, John Douglas can finally tell his unique and compelling story. With journalist Mark Olshaker, he gives us a behind the scenes look at his fascinating career, revisiting his journeys into the dark recesses and calculated madness present only in our worst nightmares. This is the true-crime work everyone has been waiting for -- by the Mindhunter himself.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0684803763
• ISBN 13: 9780684803760
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384