Clues from Killers Serial Murder and Crime Scene Messages

Name: Clues from Killers Serial Murder and Crime Scene Messages
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ISBN: 9780275983604

ISBN-10: 0275983609

ISBN-13: 9780275983604

Edition: 2004

Authors: Dirk C. Gibson

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Serial killers come from different backgrounds, attain different levels of education, and hold various types of jobs. However, many serial killers do have at least one thing in common: the desire to communicate regarding their crimes. Killers from Jack the Ripper to the Son of Sam often provide clues to their identities, their motives--even their future targets--through crime scene notes, letters to the media, calls to police, messages scrawled on victims, and, increasingly, email and other technology. Here, Gibson takes a look at ten notorious serial killers, their crimes, their victims, and their communications to uncover the hidden clues into the minds of these unusual and dangerous…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 10/30/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 1.210

DIRK C. GIBSON is Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism at the University of New Mexico. He has published numerous articles on a variety of topics in journals such as "Public Relations Quarterly", "Public Relations Review", and "Southern Communication Journal." He has also published several book chapters and one book--"The Role of Communication in the Practice of Law" (1991).



Acknowledgments


Dedication


List of Illustrations


Introduction


The Son of Sam


The DC Sniper


The Mad Butcher


The Unabomber


The Zodiac


The BTK Strangler



Jack the Ripper



The Black



Conclusion


Selected Bibliography


Index