The Psychology of Serial Killer Investigations

In The Psychology of Serial Killer Investigations, Detective Robert Keppel, Ph.D. and NY Times best-selling author Dr. William J. Birnes take a professional audience of psychologists and criminologists behind the scenes of a hunt for a serial killer. The authors go deep inside some of the most famous serial murder investigations in the US and UK, as well as current cases, to see how the behavioral sciences are applied in practical ways to identify the serial killer, predict some of his likeliest course of action, prevent potential victims from falling into his traps, and prepare investigators to interrogate him in the event he is ever caught. In the process, Keppel and Birnes examine two contrasting psychologies: the psychology of the homicidal solitary individual and the collective institutional psychology of the police taskforce tracing him.