Book description
As the number of serial killers worldwide has risen steadily - from
the emergence of Jack the Ripper in 1888 to Harold Shipman and Ivan
Milat, the backpacker killer of the Australian outback - the need to
understand mass murder is becoming more urgent.
Using privileged access to the world's first National Centre for the
Analysis of Violent Crime, Colin Wilson and Donald Seaman bring you
this incisive study of the psychology of serial killers and the
motives behind their crimes.
From childhood traumas to issues of frustration, fear and fantasy,
discover what turns an ordinary human being into a compulsive killer.
Colin Wilson has been a major influence in the area of true crime.
His career has spanned the publication of over 60 books, including
The Occult, A Criminal History of Mankind
and
From Atlantis To The Sphinx
.
