Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind

Name: Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind
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Rating: 4.4 (1137 reviews)
Author: Roy Hazelwood

by Roy Hazelwood

Nonfiction Biography Memoir

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4.4 stars from 1,137 reviews. Top 89% of Nonfiction books we track.

282 pages~4.7 hr readPublished by St. Martin's PressPublished 2001-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You're fascinated by true crime and want to understand criminal psychology from someone who actually tracked killers.
You read case studies and procedurals because the investigative methodology interests you as much as the crime itself.
You appreciate unflinching examinations of human behaviour, even the darkest corners, approached with rigour rather than sensationalism.

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You prefer true crime that focuses on the victim's story or the emotional aftermath rather than the perpetrator's mind.
You find graphic descriptions of sexual violence triggering or distressing.
You want crime narratives with compelling narrative arcs and character development rather than clinical case breakdowns.

About this book

Following his earlier work The Evil That Men Do, Roy Hazelwood returns with Dark Dreams, written with Stephen G. Michaud, to examine the minds of sexual criminals and their prevalence in society. Hazelwood, one of the world's leading experts on sexual offenders, reveals the motivations behind their crimes and details the investigative techniques he helped pioneer at the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit. These psychological profiling methods enable law enforcement to identify and apprehend offenders. Hazelwood has tracked numerous violent criminals throughout his career. Dark Dreams presents specific cases he has investigated, including the disappearance and murder of a convenience store employee, the ritualistic death of a teenager found in a storm sewer, and a seven-year kidnapping in which a couple held a woman as a sexual slave. Through these cases, Hazelwood demonstrates how determination and logic can bring even the most cunning criminals to justice. Dark Dreams was nominated for the 2002 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime.

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