The Anatomy of Motive

The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals

By: John E. Douglas

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Paperback | 1 July 2000 | Edition Number 1

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From the internationally bestselling authors of Mindhunter, a riveting exploration of the root of all crime.

Every crime is a mystery story with a motive at its heart. Understand the motive and you can solve the mystery. The Anatomy of Motive offers a dramatic, insightful look at the development and evolution of the criminal mind. The famed former chief of the FBI's Investigative Support Unit, Douglas was the pioneer of modern behavioral profiling of serial criminals. Working again with acclaimed novelist, journalist, and filmmaker Mark Olshaker, and using cases from his own fabled career as examples, Douglas not only takes us into the darkest recesses of the minds of arsonists, hijackers, bombers, serial killers, and mass murderers, but also the seemingly ordinary people who suddenly kill their families or go on a rampage in the workplace.

For the first time, Douglas identifies the common building blocks contributing to the violently antisocial personality. Drawing on cases from today's headlines, he looks at recent sniper incidents at schools and other public places to penetrate the minds and motivations of mass killers. As Douglas tracks the progressive escalation of these criminals' sociopathic behavior, he also shows the common elements in many of their pasts that link them together.

Through riveting profiles and a narrative that reads like the best mystery fiction, The Anatomy of Motive analyzes such diverse killers as Lee Harvey Oswald, Theodore Kaczynski, and Timothy McVeigh, and helps us learn how to anticipate potential violent behavior before it's too late.

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Non-Fiction Biographies & True Stories True Stories True Crime Medicine Other Branches of Medicine Clinical Psychology Psychology Criminal or Forensic Psychology Social Services & Welfare Crime & Criminology Criminal Investigation & Detection

Prologue: Dunblane	p. 13
What I Learned from the Bad Guys	p. 21
Playing with Fire	p. 47
Magnum Force	p. 81
Name Your Poison	p. 103
Guys Who Snap	p. 143
On the Run	p. 173
Shadow of a Gunman	p. 215
Random Acts of Violence	p. 251
You Make the Call	p. 291
Index	p. 309
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The Anatomy of Motive

The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals

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