How to Catch a Killer: Hunting and Capturing the World's Most Notorious Serial Killers

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Katherine Ramsland

How to Catch a Killer

Hunting and Capturing the World's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Katherine Ramsland

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English

Sterling
15 September 2020

True crime; Criminal investigation & detection

Series: Profiles in Crime

There are two parts to every crime story: how they did it and why they got caught.

This book is about the second part, and how it changes the way we catch serial killers.

No two stories about the capture of a serial killer are the same. Sometimes, the killers make crucial mistakes; other times, investigators get lucky. And the process of profiling, hunting, and apprehending these predators has changed radically over time, particularly in the field of criminal forensics, which has exploded in the last ten to 15 years. Laser ablation, video spectral analysis, cyber-sleuthing, and even DNA-based genetic genealogy are now crucial tools in solving murders, including the recent capture of the so-called Golden State Killer.

This first book in the new Profiles in Crime series tells the history of forensics through the 'capture stories' of some of the most notorious serial killers, going back almost a century. The killers include: Rodney Alcala, a serial rapist and murderer sometimes called 'Dating Game killer' for his appearance on that TV show. No one knows the exact number of his victims. Takahiro Shiraishi, the suicide killer from Zama, Japan, who dismembered nine victims and stored their bodies in his refrigerator. Aileen Wuornos, one of the rare female serial killers. She shot seven men in Florida and was turned in by an accomplice. Jeffrey Dahmer, the 'Milwaukee Cannibal,' and Bobby Joe Long, both identified by survivors Ted Bundy and David Berkowitz ('Son of Sam'), who both made mistakes Ludwig Tessnow, who killed several children in Germany, and was caught through new methods in forensic investigation that could distinguish human from animal blood

By: Katherine Ramsland
Imprint: Sterling
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9781454939375
ISBN 10: 1454939370
Series: Profiles in Crime
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 15 September 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Katherine Ramsland, PhD, is a professor of forensic psychology and criminal justice at DeSales University. She has published more than 1,000 articles and 60 books, most focusing on serial killers, and speaks internationally on the subject. She was a regular contributor to Court TV’s Crime Library, and is a regular guest on The Today Show, 20/20, NPR, and E! True Hollywood.

Reviews for How to Catch a Killer: Hunting and Capturing the World's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Her absorbing narratives include grisly details, but emphasis on criminology elevates the text. . . . Ramsland presents concise, compelling examples of the progress of police work over the last century. Highly recommended for true crime buffs. -School Library Journal Ramsland (The Forensic Psychology of Criminal Minds) surveys in this engrossing account the methods used to catch serial killers, retelling the capture of famous, and not so famous, murderers....Ramsland writes knowledgeably in an accessible style. This is a welcome addition to the true crime shelf. -Publishers Weekly Readers will be chilled to the core. -Booklist Her absorbing narratives include grisly details, but emphasis on criminology elevates the text. VERDICT A focus on how killers are caught brings a fresh approach even to familiar cases. Ramsland presents concise, compelling examples of the progress of police work over the last century. Highly recommended for true crime buffs. -Library Journal Ramsland writes knowledgeably in an accessible style. This is a welcome addition to the true crime shelf. -Publishers Weekly