Hunting humans : the rise of the modern multiple murderer / Elliott Leyton.
Hunting humans : the rise of the modern multiple murderer / Elliott Leyton.
By
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Leyton, Elliott, 1939-
Publication Date
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2005, 1986
Publication Information
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Toronto : McClelland & Stewart,
Physical Description
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406 p.
Subject Term
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Mass murder -- United States -- Case studies.
Murder -- Arizona -- Scottsdale.
Murder -- 20th century -- Case studies.
Summary
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In this classic study, Elliott Leyton challenges the conventional idea of serial murderers as deranged madmen. He explores the twisted – but comprehensible – motives of a half-dozen notorious killers: Edmund Emil Kemper, Theodore Robert Bundy, Albert DeSalvo (“The Boston Strangler”), David Richard Berkowitz (“Son of Sam”), Mark James Robert Essex, and Charles Starkweather. In the process of describing their crimes Leyton exposes the cold rationality that underlies their apparent pointlessness. The result is startling: a revelatory text on a deeply troubling topic.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780771050251
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Gambo (GDC) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 364.152 L59 | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 364.152 L59 | Checked out |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 364.152 L59 | NonCirculating |