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Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers, and Other Deviants Paperback – Illustrated, August 1, 2010
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Featuring stunning photos from the CBS series, Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers, and Other Deviants will give you new terrifying and fascinating insights into the mind of a criminal.
Most episodes of CBS's Criminal Minds series feature a briefing where the profiling team defines the type of criminal they are looking for by examining behavior patterns that were established in actual criminal cases. Now author Jeff Mariotte takes us deeper into the BAU process by revealing the evil behind some of the most heinous murderers, sexual predators, and psychopaths in history. In this authorized companion to the hit TV series, you'll learn how real-life criminals committed their unspeakable crimes and follow the investigators who finally tracked them down. Mariotte explains why and how profilers organize major offenders into types and why each of these perpetrators falls into a particular category.
You'll get the stories behind:
- Solo serial killers, such as David Berkowitz, Zodiac, and Henry Lee Lucas
- Sexual predators who preyed on women and girls, such as Dennis Rader and Gary Ridgway, and those who preyed on men and boys, such as John Wayne Gacy
- Killers with famous victims, such as John Hinckley, Robert John Bardo, and Mark David Chapman
- Cannibals and vampirists, such as Jeffrey Dahmer
- Traveling killers, such as Ted Bundy
- Female killers, such as Aileen Wuornos
- Family annihilators, such as John List, Mark Barton, and the Menendez brothers
- And many more
- Print length304 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTrade Paper Press
- Publication dateAugust 1, 2010
- Dimensions6.1 x 0.84 x 8.92 inches
- ISBN-100470636254
- ISBN-13978-0470636251
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Solo serial killers, such as David Berkowitz, Zodiac, and Henry Lee Lucas
Sexual predators who preyed on women and girls, such as Dennis Rader and Gary Ridgway, and those who preyed on men and boys, such as John Wayne Gacy
Killers with famous victims, such as John Hinckley, Robert John Bardo, and Mark David Chapman
Cannibals and vampirists, such as Jeffrey Dahmer
Traveling killers, such as Ted Bundy
Female killers, such as Aileen Wuornos
Family annihilators, such as John List, Mark Barton, and the Menendez brothers
And many more
Featuring stunning photos from the CBS series, Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers, and Other Deviants will give you new terrifying and fascinating insights into the mind of a criminal.
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 CS/and one for CS/: Miami and graphic novels based on both.
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- Publisher : Trade Paper Press; 1st edition (August 1, 2010)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 304 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0470636254
- ISBN-13 : 978-0470636251
- Item Weight : 15.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 6.1 x 0.84 x 8.92 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #403,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the author
Jeffrey J. Mariotte is the bestselling, multiple-award-winning author of more than sixty novels, including the CODY CAVANAUGH classic Western series, the historical Western crime epic BLOOD AND GOLD: THE LEGEND OF JOAQUIN MURRIETA (with Peter Murrieta), the MAJOR CRIMES SQUAD: PHOENIX police procedural thriller series, dark thriller EMPTY ROOMS, original supernatural thrillers SEASON OF THE WOLF, COLD BLACK HEARTS, RIVER RUNS RED and MISSING WHITE GIRL, horror epic THE SLAB, thriller THE DEVIL'S BAIT, and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated teen horror quartet YEAR OF THE WICKED, as well as books set in the universes of Tarzan, Narcos, Mafia III, NCIS: New Orleans and NCIS: Los Angeles, Supernatural, CSI, Star Trek, Spider-Man, Superman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Conan the Barbarian, 30 Days of Night, and more. His occasional nonfiction includes the true crime book CRIMINAL MINDS: SERIAL KILLERS, SOCIOPATHS & OTHER DEVIANTS. Some of his short horror fiction has been collected in NINE FRIGHTS.
With wife and writing partner Marsheila Rockwell, he has published the acclaimed sf/horror/thriller 7 SYKOS and the official video game prequel MAFIA III: PLAIN OF JARS, as well as short stories in the anthologies NEVERLAND'S LIBRARY, OUT OF TUNE, OCCUPIED EARTH, CUTTING BLOCK SINGLE SLICES, X-FILES: SECRET AGENDAS, V-WARS: SHOCKWAVES, MECH: AGE OF STEEL, and SUBMERGED. Much more is on the way.
He is also the author of more comic books than he has time to count, including the horror graphic novels FADE TO BLACK and ZOMBIE COP, the original Western series DESPERADOES, and the bestselling PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL: BARACK OBAMA.
Mariotte is a three-time winner of the Scribe Award for best novel, presented by the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTW), a co-winner of the Raven Award from the Mystery Writers of America (MWA), and a recipient of the coveted Inkpot Award for his contributions to the fields of science fiction and fantasy from the San Diego Comic-Con. He's been a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association (HWA), the International Horror Guild Award, the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America (WWA), the Peacemaker Award from the Western Fictioneers (WF) (twice), and in the comics field, the Harvey and Glyph Awards.
He has held many jobs in the publishing industry, including bookstore manager and owner, VP of marketing at WildStorm Productions/Image Comics, senior editor at WildStorm Productions/DC Comics, and editor-in-chief at IDW Publishing. He is a member of the International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, IAMTW, HWA, WWA, WF, and the Author's Guild.When he's not writing, he loves reading, travel, and exploring the desert Southewest. Learn more about him at jeffmariotte.com and follow him on Facebook at facebook.com/JeffreyJMariotte and on Twitter at @JeffMariotte.
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The writer was great with the details of the killers and very respectful to the reader (there is a chapter about children that are murdered and the author does NOT go into the detail of their deaths. I found that comforting because I didn't want to know what happened to children).
I suggest reading it if you like the show OR if you want a non-fiction about serial killers.
the stories of these infamous Serial Killers.
It is a Who's-Who of this Dark Side of Our Society, and a very
scary one at that.
Most Serial Killers are either Sociopaths or Psychopaths, and
most have an enormous ego.
And if average Americans knew just how many Serial Killers,
we have running around in our fair streets, it would indeed cause
a panic.
Do you have a Serial Killer in your city or state?
I do.....
He kills hookers, and his AO is from Georgia to Maryland, around I 95.
He has been adding to his body count since the 1980's.
What makes people Serial Killers and why, you ask.....
To find that out, the FBI created it's vaunted BAU, and profiling
began.
The MSM, likes to give these killers Nick Names, something the
BAU frowns upon.
That ego thing again, do not give the Serial Killer any more press.
Serial Killers, cover just about all areas and kinks, and are very good at
blending in, for awhile.
They can be......
Solo Killers
Sexual Killers
Famous People Killers
Cannibal Killers
Traveling Killers
Female Killers
Family Killers......
Read the book, and get a good look into their
Criminal Minds.
After reading it I can say: we truly live in a disgusting world!
But aside from that, I had hoped that there would be more reference to the show itself, maybe a real profiling of the serial killers in it.
This book mostly just mentions that the BAU take serial killer X as an example for something and then the reference to the show is done. It explains a lot about the life of the offender and how many people he killed in which ways, but there isn't really that much about the show. Every now and then you'll see a picture taken from the show, mainly showing the team.
I gave it 4 stars because the book itself is quite informative and interesting though most of the time you'll be disgusted by all the al cases.
It talked about all different kinds of crimes and all types of criminals. Rape, kidnap, torture, cannibalism, arsenals, bombers, taking hostages, etc. It didn't just talk about adult killers either, but also child killers. It gives details of the crimes which are often very sickening, but sometimes when reading about their lives, especially if their childhood is mentioned, its hard not to feel sympathetic.
The only thing that disappointed me was that I found out that the BAU team in Criminal Minds is way more badass than real life FBI agents. I guess I should of figured that, though. If you like reading about criminals/serial killers, then you should definitely check out this book.
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Leider nur englischsprachig erhältlich, aber wenn man das spezifische Vokabular kennt ist es einfach und flüssig zu lesen.