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The Resource A killer by design : murderers, mindhunters, and my quest to decipher the criminal mind, by Ann Wolbert Burgess & Steven Matthew Constantine

A killer by design : murderers, mindhunters, and my quest to decipher the criminal mind, by Ann Wolbert Burgess & Steven Matthew Constantine

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Summary
"A behind-the-scenes look at the creation and development of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, written by the pioneering forensic nurse who transformed the way the FBI studies, profiles, and catches serial killers"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
ix, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Introduction: It starts with a test
  • When the FBI calls
  • The bomb shelter
  • Profiling the profilers
  • Reading the crime scene
  • A female killer
  • The kidnapping of Missy Ackerman
  • Victimology 101
  • Beneath the mask
  • "There's no cookbook"
  • A deeper look
  • Fantasy or reality
  • You can't have both
  • Patterns of dismemberment
  • Reading between the lines
  • Bind them, torture them, kill them
  • Ego will be your downfall
  • Gazing into the abyss
  • The monster within
Isbn
9780306924866
Instance
Label
A killer by design : murderers, mindhunters, and my quest to decipher the criminal mind
Title
A killer by design
Title remainder
murderers, mindhunters, and my quest to decipher the criminal mind
Statement of responsibility
by Ann Wolbert Burgess & Steven Matthew Constantine
Creator
Contributor
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"A behind-the-scenes look at the creation and development of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, written by the pioneering forensic nurse who transformed the way the FBI studies, profiles, and catches serial killers"--
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
LBSOR/DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Burgess, Ann Wolbert
Dewey number
  • 364.3092
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
HV7911.B853
LC item number
B87 2021
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Constantine, Steven Matthew
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Burgess, Ann Wolbert
  • FBI Academy
  • FBI Academy
  • Psychiatric nurses
  • Forensic nursing
  • Criminal behavior, Prediction of
  • Serial murder investigation
  • Serial murderers
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Target audience
adult
Label
A killer by design : murderers, mindhunters, and my quest to decipher the criminal mind, by Ann Wolbert Burgess & Steven Matthew Constantine
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: It starts with a test -- When the FBI calls -- The bomb shelter -- Profiling the profilers -- Reading the crime scene -- A female killer -- The kidnapping of Missy Ackerman -- Victimology 101 -- Beneath the mask -- "There's no cookbook" -- A deeper look -- Fantasy or reality -- You can't have both -- Patterns of dismemberment -- Reading between the lines -- Bind them, torture them, kill them -- Ego will be your downfall -- Gazing into the abyss -- The monster within
Control code
on1245921603
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
ix, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780306924866
Lccn
2021011086
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, color
System control number
(OCoLC)1245921603
Label
A killer by design : murderers, mindhunters, and my quest to decipher the criminal mind, by Ann Wolbert Burgess & Steven Matthew Constantine
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: It starts with a test -- When the FBI calls -- The bomb shelter -- Profiling the profilers -- Reading the crime scene -- A female killer -- The kidnapping of Missy Ackerman -- Victimology 101 -- Beneath the mask -- "There's no cookbook" -- A deeper look -- Fantasy or reality -- You can't have both -- Patterns of dismemberment -- Reading between the lines -- Bind them, torture them, kill them -- Ego will be your downfall -- Gazing into the abyss -- The monster within
Control code
on1245921603
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
ix, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780306924866
Lccn
2021011086
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, color
System control number
(OCoLC)1245921603

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