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| Author | Peter Vronsky |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | True crime History |
| Publisher | Berkley Books Penguin Group |
Publication date | 2004 |
Published in English | 2004 |
| Pages | 412 |
| ISBN | 0-425-19640-2 |
| OCLC | 55671515 |
Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters (2004) is a non-fiction true crime history by Peter Vronsky, a criminal justice historian. It surveys the history of serial homicide, its culture, psychopathology, and investigation from the Roman Empire to the early 2000s.[1] The book describes the rise of serial murder from its first early recorded instances in ancient Rome to medieval and Renaissance Europe, and Victorian Britain, and its rise and escalation in the United States and elsewhere in the world, in the postmodern era. The book also surveys a range of theoretical approaches to serial killers interspersed with dozens of detailed case studies of both notorious and lesser known serial murderers, illustrating the theory in practice. Considered by some a definitive history of serial homicide,[2] this was the book serial killer Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer, was reading when he was arrested in 2005.[3]
- ^ "Serial Killers by Peter Vronsky: 9780425196403 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books".
- ^ June Pulliam, "Getting Serious About Serial Killers", Necropsy Volume XV Fall 2004, Augmented Edition, Louisiana State University, http://www.lsu.edu/necrofile/serial15.htm
- ^ Stephen Singular, Unholy Messenger: The Life and Crimes of the BTK Killer, pp. 101-102