Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers, and Other Deviants

by Jeff Mariotte

Overview

An authorized tie-in to the popular TV show Criminal Minds

Most episodes of Criminal Minds feature a briefing where the show's team of FBI profilers defines the type of criminal they're looking for and provides some real-life examples. This book tells the story of those examples.

• Published to coincide with the release of season five of Criminal Minds on DVD
• Organized by type of criminal, including solo serial killers, sexual predators, and killers with famous victims; and tells the stories of many famous murderers, including David Berkowitz, Jeffrey Dahmer, Mark David Chapman, and the Zodiac killer
• Features photographs from the show

Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers, and Other Deviants is a fascinating, terrifying book about the criminal minds who live among us.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470636251
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/09/2010
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

JEFF MARIOTTE is a mystery writer and the co-owner of Mysterious Galaxy, an independent bookstore specializing in mystery, science fiction, fantasy, and horror. He has written more than three dozen tie-in novels, including two for CSI and one for CSI: Miami and graphic novels based on both.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 First Glance 4

2 Sexual Predators: Female Victims 45

3 Sexual Predators: Male Victims 74

4 Killers on the Road 86

5 Team Killers 97

6 Killing Couples 113

7 The Family That Preys Together 121

8 The Fairer Sex 136

9 The Helpless Ones 144

10 Angels and Heroes 157

11 Killers with a Cause 166

12 Group Dynamics 183

13 Safe at Home 202

14 Celebrity Stalkers 215

15 Blood Suckers and Flesh Eaters 225

16 On Other Shores 240

17 The Strangest of the Strange 254

18 The Real Profilers 275

Bibliography 281

Photo Credits 285

Index 287