Manhunters criminal profilers and their search for the world's most wanted serial killers

"Author Colin Wilson opens this illuminating psychological discussion with the development of the 1977 Behavioral Science Unit, which was set up in order to answer the many questions surrounding serial killers: How does someone become a serial killer? How do they choose their victims, and why do the...

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Main Author: Wilson, Colin, 1931-2013 (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Skyhorse Publishing, [2014]
Edition:First U.S. edition
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