The Serial Killers - A Study in the Psychology of Violence

Informationen zum Autor Colin Wilson's first book The Outsider became an instant literary sensation when it was first published in the fifties. Now author of over fifty books on subjects ranging from mysticism to criminology, he is a renowned authority on the paranormal and has also written numerous articles and plays and contributed to several newspapers and journals. Klappentext Colin Wilson has been a major influence in the area of true crime. His career has spanned the publication of over 60 books, including The Occult, A Criminal History of Mankind and From Atlantis To The Sphinx . Zusammenfassung As the number of serial killers worldwide has risen steadily - from the emergence of Jack the Ripper in 1888 to Harold Shipman and Ivan Milat, the backpacker killer of the Australian outback - the need to understand mass murder is becoming more urgent.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Donald Seaman, Seaman Donald, Colin Wilson, Colin Seaman Wilson, ColinSeaman Wilson
• Verlag: Virgin Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 08.11.2007
• EAN: 9780753513217
• ISBN: 978-0-7535-1321-7
• Seiten: 416
• Abmessung: 109 mm x 177 mm x 25 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Spannung; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Zeitgeschichte (1945 bis 1989); Ratgeber > Lebenshilfe, Alltag > Lebensführung, Persönliche Entwicklung; Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Biographien, Autobiographien; True Crime, SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, TRUE CRIME / Murder / Serial Killers, Popular psychology, Violence in society, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Violence and abuse in society