Serial Murder

by Ronald M. Holmes

Based on the authors′ own research and personal interviews with convicted serial killers, Serial Murder is the first book to consider the social context and characteristics of serial murder. The authors ask why it occurs, how the murderers choose their victims and assess the impact on the families and associates of victims, as well as community response to serial murder. They also emphasize practical issues such as the ability of police to identify serial murder cases and the determination of jurisdiction.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Julian Hunt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Writing is sloppy and presumptuous. Authors make statements without supporting evidence or citations. I recognize this was published years ago, but that doesn’t excuse the corner-cutting. This is a text book- that should mean a higher standard, not lower. I did enjoy it for the historical context, if nothing else.

[Michelle Boyer · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was okay. I felt that for a book that poked at true crime authors, perhaps the writing could have been more inspired. Overall left me feeling "meh" at the end.

Fun fact though, according to this book, the FBI says there are 35 active serial killers living among us each day. A little scary.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

First read this as a text book at university but come back to it every now and then as the content is fascinating and it's well written and well researched

[Wannie Michelmann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Supplementary academic studies for students of criminology, psychology and sociology

[Annatakken · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesting topic and boring book, goes into great detail about some mundane things and leaves out other things (like an entire interview with ted bundy) overall interesting read