Title
The mind of a murderer [electronic resource] : privileged access to the demons that drive extreme violence / Katherine Ramsland ; foreword by Michael Stone.
ISBN
9780313386732 (electronic bk.)
0313386722
9780313386725
Imprint
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 217 p.)
Call Number
HV6515 .R2534 2011eb
Summary
To further his study of mass murderer Richard Speck and raise awareness of brain disorders, psychiatrist Marvin Ziporyn dared to meet with this killer in his prison cell twice a week. Although there have been many such "close encounters," the findings of trained behavioral professionals who developed relationships with extreme offenders have not been meaningfully catalogued and compared until now. The Mind of a Murderer: Privileged Access to the Demons That Drive Extreme Violence presents a series of cases in which a psychiatrist, psychologist, or counselor gained privileged access to a mass or serial murderer, going beyond the typical mental assessment to learn more about criminal behavior. Through their work, readers are granted a unique view of criminology and a better understanding of the criminal mind. The book opens with the earliest professional observations of criminals in the late 19th century and goes on to explore the rudimentary behavioral profiling and case analysis of the early 20th century. It shows how, by the 1960s and 1970s, behavioral professionals recognized the need for intense study of extreme offenders and got close to the likes of Richard Speck, John Wayne Gacy, and Ted Bundy to gain a fuller picture of their psychological development. Finally, readers learn how today's behavioral professionals rely on neurobiological correlates to assess predatory, impulsive, and addictive behavior. --Book Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Introduction : the criminal type
Joseph Vacher and Alexandre Lacassagne
Peter Kurten and Karl Berg
Carl Panzram and Karl Menninger
Albert Fish and Fredric Wertham
Chloe Davis and J. Paul de River
Charles Starkweather and James Melvin Reinhardt
Albert De Salvo and James Brussel
Richard Speck and Marvin Ziporyn
The Santa Cruz triple and Donald Lunde
Ted Bundy, Al Carlisle, and James Dobson
John Wayne Gacy and Helen Morrison
Andrei Chikatilo and Alexander Bukhanovsky
Jaffrey Dahmer and Roy Ratcliff
Andrea Yates and Phillip Resnick
Tommy Lynn Sells and Michael Stone
The most intimate approach
The collective findings.
