- Mass Market Paperback: 496 pages
- Publisher: Pocket; 1st mmpb edition (Nov 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671017047
- ISBN-13: 978-0671017040
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #199,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
With the warmth and frank bias of a firsthand observer, Douglas, the founder and head of the FBI's Investigative Support Unit and the inspiration for the character of Jack Crawford in Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon, here describes violent crimes and their consequences. With co-author Olshaker, with whom he wrote Mindhunter and Journey into Darkness, Douglas details the crimes and case histories of serial killers, serial rapists, child molesters, stalkers and others. Included are infamous killers such as Edward Gein, Ted Bundy and Robert Chambers, along with less publicized, though just as disturbing, purveyors of acts of fatal obsession. Asserting "that behavior reflects personality," Douglas shows how he and his colleagues can assess the different temperaments and motivations at work behind grisly acts. Rapists tend to fall into four basic categories, for example, the "power-reassurance rapist" (driven by feelings of inadequacy), the "exploitive" rapist (impulsive and overtly macho), the "anger" rapist (who uses sex to displace his rage) and, cruelest of all, the "sadistic" rapist, who "simply gets off on hurting people." What stands out in this eye-opening book is how Douglas's compassion for the survivors of violent crimes seems to equal his understanding of the criminals themselves. His description of the work of the countless people who counsel, comfort and fight for the rights of victims serves as a welcome reminder that horrific and isolated acts of darkness and coldness are counterbalanced by a warmhearted and, one hopes, more natural human determination to help.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
If you want to avoid stalkers or rapists, keep away from those with a history of bedwetting, pyromania, and cruelty to animals. Of course perpetrators will act long before their backgrounds are discovered, in which case follow your instincts. The authors went to a lot of trouble compiling this uninteresting volume. It's intended audience, apparently, are the perps and their victims. Its most unique aspect is not that it's read by coauthor Douglas but that he stumbles over his own words. Save your shelf space; not recommended.?James Dudley, Copiague, NY
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Obsession (Mass Market Paperback)
I am the Director of the Criminal Justice Department at dodge city community college and I have read all of John Douglas's books and even met him in person, and I believe this is one of his best books. Douglas is able to explain psychological and criminological theories in a way that the average person can understand. One thing I really liked about this book was the attention he gave the crime victims. The victims of the crimes are usually overlooked by our system. It was through this book that I met the Schmidt family in Kansas City who lost their 20 yr old daughter to a sexual predator. They were the ones who introduced me to John Douglas. The book is an excellent book for explaining the motivation of rapists, and other sex offenders. This book has been very helpful to me, I have cited in many times in term papers I have written on psychopaths and other predators.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book!,
By Malina (Toronto, ON) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Obsession (Mass Market Paperback)
I have nothing to say that hasn't already been said by other 5-star raters. I love all of John Douglas's books and find them very interesting and informative.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Honors victims and homicide survivors (oxymoron),
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This review is from: Obsession (Mass Market Paperback)
I wept, wept and in a way still weeping. John Douglas is masterful at profiling and gives us the knowledge and the warning signs of. Since murderers don't just wake up one day and decide to start killing. In this book I feel that he also challenges the murderers (probably ones operating right now if their pick up his book) to view their victims as human beings and not just object to be humiliated and controlled. I can hear the voices of the victims and their families crying out for justice no, demanding for justice against the "losers" that seek to control them. Highly recommend this book.
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