Hunting Humans: The Rise of the Modern Multiple Murderer - Brossura

Leyton, Elliott

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ISBN 10: 0771053088 ISBN 13: 9780771053085

Casa editrice: McClelland & Stewart, 1986

Riassunto

In this classic study, Elliott Leyton challenges the conventional idea of serial murderers as deranged madmen. He explores the twisted – but comprehensible – motives of a half-dozen notorious killers: Edmund Emil Kemper, Theodore Robert Bundy, Albert DeSalvo (“The Boston Strangler”), David Richard Berkowitz (“Son of Sam”), Mark James Robert Essex, and Charles Starkweather. In the process of describing their crimes Leyton exposes the cold rationality that underlies their apparent pointlessness. The result is startling: a revelatory text on a deeply troubling topic.

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Recensione

“Clearly written, thoroughly readable and deliberately free of sociological jargon, [Hunting Humans] is an important contribution to its field and to the public at large.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Leyton has become probably the world’s most widely consulted expert on serial killing — his books are required reading for homicide detectives.”
—Sunday Telegraph

“Fascinating and thought-provoking.”
—Psychology Today

L'autore

Elliott Leyton is a professor of anthropology at Memorial University in Newfoundland. He holds research and faculty appointments in Ireland and England, has delivered lectures throughout Europe, the United States, and Canada, and is a past president of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association. Because of his recognized expertise in the psychology of the multiple killer he has established close links with police forces around the world. His books include Dying Hard, The Myth of Delinquency, Hunting Humans, Men of Blood and Touched by Fire (with photographer Greg Locke).

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: McClelland & Stewart
• Data di pubblicazione: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0771053088
• ISBN 13: 9780771053085
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 336