The Killers Among Us: Examination of Serial Murder and Its Investigations (2nd Edition)

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About The Author -- Future Prey / Steven A. Egger -- Pt. I. The Serial Murder Phenomenon -- 1. Serial Murder -- Introduction -- Defining Serial Murder -- Why Do They Kill And Kill Again? -- Who Are These Serial Killers? -- Solo Predators -- Team Killers -- Serial Murder Victims -- Investigation Of Serial Murder -- The Myths Of Serial Murder -- 2. Why Do They Kill And Kill And Kill? -- Serial Killers On The Couch : Explanations -- Sources Of Serial Murder Theories And Explanations -- Common Characteristics Of Serial Killers -- Empirical Works -- A Multidisciplinary Theory -- Case Studies -- The Case Study -- Other Studies -- Psychopaths Or Sociopaths? -- Inadequate Socialization -- Sex As A Motive -- Nature And Nurture? -- Variations On Power And Control -- Similarities To Rape -- Biological Predisposition -- Anthropological Viewpoint -- Are They Simply Evil? -- Problems With Explanations -- 3. They Are All Around Us --^ We Are Strangers To One Another -- Who Are They? -- Appearances Can Be Deceiving -- What Do They Look Like? -- They May Be Your Neighbors -- Some Are Very Quiet And Hard To Spot -- Some Take Years To Catch -- A Number Of Serial Killers Have Not Been Caught -- Female Serial Killers -- Categories And Types Of Serial Killers -- How Many Are There In The United States? -- Fbi And Cnn Disagree On The Numbers -- A New Phenomenon? -- An Increase In Serial Killers? -- International : A Global Phenomenon -- Colombia -- Ecuador, Colombia, And Peru -- Russia -- India, Turkey, Thailand, And Nepal -- South Africa -- Singapore -- Australia -- United Kingdom -- Italy -- France -- Serial Killers Outside The United States Who Have Not Been Caught -- Europe, Identified But Not Caught -- United Kingdom -- Canada -- Mexico -- Poland -- Sweden -- Becoming An International Phenomenon -- Essay By The Author : Serial Killing Of The Lambs In Our Dreams : Concept Of The Less-dead --^ 4. Victims : The Less-dead / Kim A. Egger -- Serial Murder Victims -- Society's Throwaways : A Low Priority For Law Enforcement -- Who Are The Less-dead? -- The Killing Fields : Where Do Serial Killers Hunt? -- Investigative Value Of Victim Information Quickly Dismissed -- 5. Serial Murder As A Growth Industry : A Brief Analysis -- Serial Killers In The Arts And Music -- Serial Killers In News Reporting -- Mutants From Hell -- The Profile That Isn't -- Sound-bite Answers -- The Fbi And Serial Murder Mythology -- A Violent Culture -- Pt. Ii. Case Studies Of Serial Killers -- 6. John Wayne Gacy : A Case Study -- Social Environment -- Family Background -- Peer Group Associations And Personal Relationships -- Contact With Defining Agencies -- Offense Behavior -- Self-concept -- Attitudes -- Recall Of Events -- The Demise Of John Wayne Gacy -- 7. Henry Lee Lucas : A Case Study -- Social Environment -- Family Background -- Peer Group Associations And Personal Relationships -- Contact With Defining Agencies -- Offense Behavior -- Self-concept -- Attitudes -- Recall Of Events -- The Aftermath And The Lucas Controversy -- Lucas's Last Words -- 8. Kenneth Bianchi : A Case Study -- Social Environment -- Family Background -- Peer Group Associations And Personal Relationships -- Contact With Defining Agencies -- Offense Behavior -- Self-concept -- Attitudes -- Recall Of Events -- Afterword -- 9.theodore Robert Bundy : A Case Study -- Social Environment -- Family Background --^ Peer Group Associations And Personal Relationships -- Contact With Defining Agencies -- Offense Behavior -- Self-concept -- Attitudes -- Recall Of Events -- Bundy's Last Con -- 10. Jerry Marcus : A Case Study / Linda Lou Kreuger -- Social Environment -- Family Background -- Peer Group Associations And Personal Relationships -- Contact With Defining Agencies -- Offense Behavior -- Self-concept -- Attitudes -- Recall Of Events -- A Concluding Statement -- 11. Joseph Miller : A Case Study / Donald W. Larson -- Social Environment -- Family Background -- Peer Group Associations And Personal Relationships -- Contact With Defining Agencies -- Offense Behavior -- Self-concept -- Attitudes -- Recall Of Events -- The Possibilities For Closure -- Acknowledgments -- 12. Jeffrey Dahmer : A Case Study -- Social Environment -- Family Background -- Peer Group Associations And Personal Relationships -- Contact With Defining Agencies -- Offense Behavior -- The Victims : The Forgotten Ones --^ Self-concept -- Attitudes : From Jeffrey Dahmer's 179-page Confession -- Recall Of Events -- Dahmer's Demise -- 13. Cross-case Analysis : Similarities Of Seven Serial Killers -- Social Environment -- Family Background -- Peer Group Associations And Personal Relationships -- Contact With Defining Agencies -- Offense Behavior -- Self-concept -- Attitudes -- Recall Of Events -- Missing Persons Problem -- Pt. Iii. The Investigation Of Serial Murder -- 14. Problems In Investigating Serial Murder -- Defining The Problem -- Seven Major Problems Of A Serial Murder Investigation -- Linkage Blindness -- Lack Of Commitment -- Coordinating Investigative Functions And Actions -- Managing Large Amounts Of Investigative Information -- Public Pressure And Mass Media Pressure For Information -- The Less-dead : Low Priority Leads To Low Clearance Rate -- Lack Of Knowledge Of Others' Experiences With Serial Murder Investigation : Documenting The Problem -- Linkage Blindness : An Analysis -- 15. Different Police Strategies For Investigating Serial Murder -- Conferences -- Information Clearinghouse -- Task Force -- Central Coordination Without Forming A Task Force -- Psychological Profiling (investigative Profiling) -- Fbi Model -- Canter Model -- Geographic Profiling -- Investigative Consultants -- Forensic Consultants -- Major Incident Room Procedures -- Solicitation From The Public -- Computerized Analysis System -- Centralized Investigative Network -- Interpol -- Fbi's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (vicap) -- New York State's Homicide Assessment And Lead Tracking System -- Examples Of Other Computerized Analysis Systems -- Psychics -- Offender Rewards -- Specialized Response Team -- All Investigative Response Strategies Share A Common Focus -- Pt. Iv. The Future -- 16. Future Of The Phenomenon -- A Research Agenda For Serial Murder -- Victimology -- Serial Murderers -- Policy -- Criminal Justice Failure : An Example -- 17. Future Investigation Of Serial Murder -- Beyond The Dahmers Of The 1990s -- Author's Final Comments -- References -- Appendix. Case Study Source Material -- Index. Steven A. Egger. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 307-322) And Index.