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A killer by design : murderers, mindhunters, and my quest to decipher the criminal mind  Cover Image Book Book

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

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780306924866
  • ISBN: 0306924862
  • Physical Description: ix, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 295) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: It starts with a test -- When the FBI calls -- The bomb shelter -- Profiling the profilers -- Reading the crime scene -- A female killer -- My best friend Missy -- 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.
Subject: Burgess, Ann Wolbert.
FBI Academy. Behavioral Science Unit > Officials and employees > Biography.
FBI Academy. Behavioral Science Unit > History.
Psychiatric nurses > United States > Biography.
Forensic nursing > United States > History.
Criminal behavior, Prediction of > United States > History.
Serial murder investigation > United States > History.
Serial murderers > United States > Psychology.

Available copies

  • 23 of 24 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

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  • 0 current holds with 24 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library 364.3092 BURGESS 2021 (Text) 0001002393534 Nonfiction Checked out 05/03/2024

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