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In Journey into Darkness, Douglas profiles vicious serial killers, rapists, and child molesters. He is straightforward, blunt, often irreverent, and outspoken, but takes pains not to glorify any of these murderers. Some of the unique cases Douglas discusses include:
With Journey into Darkness, Douglas provides more than a glimpse into the minds of serial killers; he demonstrates what a powerful weapon behavioral science has become. Profiling criminals helps not only to capture them, but also helps society understand how these predators work and what can be done to prevent them from striking again. Douglas focuses especially on pedophiles and child abductors, fully explaining what drives them, and how to keep children away from them. As he points out, "The best way to protect your children is to know your enemy." He includes eight rules for safety, a list of steps parents can take to prevent child abduction and exploitation, tips on how to detect sexual exploitation, basic rules of safety for children, and a chart, based on age, which details the safety skills children should have to protect themselves.
In his review for Mindhunter in The New York Times Book Review, Dean Koontz said, "Because of his insights and the power of the material, he leaves us shaken, gripped by a quiet grief for the innocent victims and anguished by the human condition." Journey into Darkness continues this perilous trip into the psyche of the serial killer, but also offers a glimmer of hope that profiling may enable law enforcement to see the indicators of a serial killer's mind and intervene before he kills, or kills again.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Tight and unmarked-" There is only one John Douglas. We first met John Douglas in Mindhunter, telling the story of his brilliant and terrifying career with the FBI, until his retirement in 1995. And now, working again with coauthor Mark Olshaker, acclaimed filmmaker, novelist, and journalist, John takes us even further. We accompany him on the Journey into Darkness, for every instance that helps police identify the unknown subject of a violent series of rapes, bombings, arsons, or murders is another trip to the dark side. And here we travel with some of the brilliant and sensitive agent trained, and who have carried on the work: men like Jud Ray, who by phone gave Alaska the police the exact personality of the killer of a mother and her two young daughters; Gregg McCrary, who confronted an unknown killer of teenagr girls on national television and assured him he would be caught; and Steve Marfigian, who formulated a complex strategy for solving a years-old string of burglaries, rapes, and murders, and in the process helped free the wrong convicted man. Here also we get a startling fresh look at the murders if Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, as if John had been called in by the LAPD to profile the killer. And finally we hear how his experiences have shaped his views on justice and punishment. The Journey into Darkness is a perilous one, but ultimately hopeful as well. Not only do we see through the men and women who track the most sadistic of criminals what a powerful weapon behavioral science has become, but we also get advice on how we might better keep our children, our families, and ourselves safe from harm. By making the Journey into Darkness with John Douglas and his colleagues, we come away with an insight into the human condition that no one else can offer.". Seller Inventory # 011139