Signature Killers

ISBN: 0099277727
Author: Robert D. Keppel
Description:
Signature Killers is a peculiar yet valuable book--simultaneously repetitious and brilliant, turgid yet passionate, and indispensable for understanding serial killers. Those who persevere through the prolixity of the writing style will be rewarded by compelling insights into the psychological needs, and evolution over time, of a specific type of murderer: one whose key characteristic is not so much that he kills multiple people, but that he leaves a signature behind at every crime scene. Robert Keppel knows what he's talking about: he's been involved in more than 2,000 murder investigations, including 50 high-profile serial cases. The topics he covers in exhaustive and harrowing detail (Signature Killers is not for the faint of heart) include "the essence of torture", "the anger-retaliation signature", "the picquerism signature", "the psychological imprint of a sadist", "the retaliation-to-excitation continuum" and why Jeffrey Dahmer is "the black hole at the end of the continuum".

Listed Copies of this Book

Details	Price	See More	Buy
Condition: Excellent Seller: Mrs_Y (100% positive/4 ratings)	£0.50 £1.74 (inc p&p)
Condition: Excellent Seller: harley (No ratings yet)	£1.00 £2.63 (inc p&p)

There are currently no other listings for this author

Mad Frank: Memoirs Of A Life Of Crime by Frank Fraser
Memories of a life of crime
No. of listed copies: 1
The Inside Story by Eric Mason
Eric Mason was a bank robber with a heavy reputation gained in Wandsworth and Dartmoor, where his battle again...
No. of listed copies: 0
The Fbi by Ronald Kessler
lots of pics. corgi 1994, 640 pages. I have other true crime not yet listed
No. of listed copies: 0
Crimes And Victims by Frank Smyth
The true life stories of men and women who have shocked and appalled the world with their terrifying and outra...
No. of listed copies: 1
Alone With The Devil: Psychopathic Killings That Shocked The World by Ronald Markman
Psychopathic killings that shocked the world.
No. of listed copies: 1

See all listings in True Crime

This book has not yet been rated