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Books : Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer
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Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer by: David Canter |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 364 EAN: 9780006383949 ISBN: 0006383947 Label: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: January 23, 1995 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Studio: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Sales Rank: 311798 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Criminal ShadowsCanter is Britains foremost Criminal Profiler, his experience has earnt him the respect of many criminal investigators in todays Police service. This is a "must read" book for all those seriously interested in Criminal Profiling. Rating: - Criminally goodDavid Canter describes in lucid detail his actions within the fledgling field of Investigative Psychology. This is intended as a work of science, not of fiction, and Canter steers clear of any information that might colour the reader's opinion, prefering to stick to hard fact and science. For some readers, this may make it a bit dry, but Canter's work gives a prospective Investigative Psychologist a view into the world without resorting to any of the 'cracker'-style work that fills the genre. This is a scholarly work and should be considered as such. Those of you interested in such information should buy this book - it is truely worth the price. Those of you interested in gory details should consider another book. Rating: - An extremely interesting look into criminals minds.A very disturbing but revealing look into the labarinthine minds of criminals. This book is well written and easily understandable to the layman. Rating: - Easily read account of hard impacting reality.Historically written book of Canters own experiences of real life criminal behaviour. Canters involvement in criminal pschological profiling describes a science involving, intuition supported by empirical evidence. His interesting and easy writting style allows absorbtion and understanding of the information supplied by avoiding the speciallist statistics and phrases applied in psychology. Canter compairs the British approach to the FBI's profiling, clarifying the differences between them and the reasoning behind these differences. Furthermore, Canter enjoys a relationship with many British Constabularies, something which is rare yet valuable to forensic psychology. Subsequently all of his data is collected from British offenders, ... Read More: Rating: - Deserves the prizes it has been awardedThe blurb on the book shows that this book won the US based Tony award and the English Golden Dagger award for the best true crime book. I couldn't agree more. What a delight that here is a book which does not cater to the inane reader who only appears interested in the color of the killer's eyes and how much blood has been spilt. Criminal Shadows is about the author's personal journey into scientific analysis of the patterns of behaviour that serial offenders exhibit. It recounts in an engaging manner Canter's own experiences in discovering new applications for forensic psychology. The fact that he helps to solve some major crimes along the way adds zest to what would otherwise be another book of serial killer war stories. In the four ... Read More: |
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