PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART I. Multiple Murder1. Americas Fascination With Multiple Homicide The Gein Legacy Multiple Murder in Popular Culture The Selling of Multiple Murder Craving Attention Killer Communication Killer Groupies The Impact of Celebrating Murderers Sensitize, Not Sanitize2. Defining Multiple Murder Mass, Serial, and Spree A Typology of Multiple MurderPART II. Serial Murder3. An Anatomy of Serial Murder Prevalence of Serial Murder Extraordinarily Ordinary A Profile of the Typical Serial Killer4. With Deliberation and Purpose When Killing Is Thrilling On a Deadly Mission of Terror or Revenge Killing for Expediency For Love and Loyalty5. Murder Without Guilt Self-Control and Social Control The Sociopathic Personality The Culture of Sociopathy Empathy and Serial Killers Borderline Personality Disorder Normalcy in Serial Murder Rehumanizing the Victims6.
Partners in Murder Insanity in the Relationship Partners for Profit Partnerships of Men and Women7. Killing for Company Placing the Blame Killing for Companionship The Functions of Cannibalism Desire for Total Control and Ownership8. Fantasyland Keeping Souvenirs Normal and Abnormal Fantasies The Impact of Pornography9. The Making of a Serial Killer Childhood Suffering Testimony Under Hypnosis Child Abuse and Murder Inordinate Need for Power Animal Cruelty and Violence Against Humans Challenges of Predicting Serial Murder Biological Predisposition Blaming the Family10. Nonsexual Control Power Over Patients Female Serial Killers Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy11. Killing Cults Killing for a Cause The Appeal of Dangerous Cults Suicide or Homicide? Satanism and Serial Murder12. So Many Victims Vulnerable Victims Preferred Catching the Serial Killer Behavioral Profiling Reducing Linkage Blindness Lucky BreaksPART III. Massacres13.
For Love, Money or Revenge Relative Obscurity A Profile of Mass Killers Selective and Methodical When Love Kills Sweet Revenge Profiting From Mass Murder Explaining Mass Murder The Great Equalizer Contributing Factors14. Family Annihilation A Profile of the Family Annihilator Impact of Unemployment Murdering Moms The Defiant Son15. Firing Back Profile of the Workplace Avenger The Impact of Frustration Mixed Motives Workplace Murder by Proxy Romantic Obsession Externalizing Responsibility Social Isolation Screening Out Problem Workers Going Postal16. Schooled in Mass Murder Student Massacres On to College Shooting for Infamy Overstating the Copycat Effect17. Fighting City Hall Attacking the System Legal Battles Filing a Grievance Increasing Alienation18. Hate-Motivated Mass Murder Choice of Victims A Life of Frustration Blaming Women The Killer as Victim Settling a Grudge With a Gun Minority Against Majority19. Going Berserk Paranoid Thinking Confused State of Mind Long-Standing Mental Illness Civilian Battlefields Brain Abnormalities Deadly WeaponsPART IV. Epilogue20.
Remembering the VictimsReferencesCredits and SourcesIndexAbout the Authors.