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Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind
Profiler Roy Hazelwood is the world's leading expert on the strangest and most dangerous of all aberrant offenders--the sexual criminal. In Dark Dreams he reveals the twisted motives and perverse thinking that go into the most reprehensible crimes. He also catalogs the innovative and remarkably effective techniques--techniques that he helped pioneer at the FBI's Behavioral...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
October 13th 2002
by St. Martin's True Crime
(first published July 19th 2001)
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I have always been intrigued by the art of forensics and profiling, as well as the people who follow this career path. It always amazes me how they are able to decipher so much by analyzing materials and the people themselves. It was the motive behind the purchase of this book. I was a little tentative because of the content but I felt that if it was something that I couldn't handle I would just leave it.
Roy Hazelwood writes this book in a way that doesn't overwhelm you with information, his nar...more
Roy Hazelwood writes this book in a way that doesn't overwhelm you with information, his nar...more
Dark Dreams offers an in-depth and often troubling look into the minds of some of the most dangerous sexual predators and serial killers of our time. Criminal profiler Roy Hazelwood has dedicated his career to perfect criminal profiling in an effort to create the most accurate picture of potential offenders. Profiling has been used to both discover the warning signs of violent behavior before they become a real threat and to point investigators towards likely suspects in murder cases. Leaving ou...more
A insightful read about some horrendous crimes and the behavioral analysis of some of these offenders who carried out these crimes.
Roy Hazelwood who has spent sixteen years as member of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit brings you through some cases he has worked and gives you a look inside the profile of these criminal minds and what makes them 'tick'
This book pays a lot of attention to sex crimes which RH specialized in. He gives you an in-depth analysis of why people do these crimes. He looks a...more
Roy Hazelwood who has spent sixteen years as member of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit brings you through some cases he has worked and gives you a look inside the profile of these criminal minds and what makes them 'tick'
This book pays a lot of attention to sex crimes which RH specialized in. He gives you an in-depth analysis of why people do these crimes. He looks a...more
Crisp, organized, and calmly analytical. I had the good fortune to attend a two-day workshop taught by Roy Hazelwood while working in a prison psychiatric hospital, and it was interesting to compare this book with his in-person presentation - this book reads like a much-expanded version of the notes from that training; he presented a lot of the same case histories and research results, but was less dispassionate in person. There aren't very many psychologists or psychiatrists whose contributions...more
*** Another book that profiles serial killers and their crimes. Not as psychologically involved as Keppel's book -- more of a book to capitalize on the genre than to explain it.
Mar 10, 2012
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Every night since I'm small and I hope to read such a book .. I hope to find what you search for it in my mind
Very clinical book. Not a good read for a first time true crime reader. John Douglas' work is more readable for the avg. person that hasn't read a lot of this kind of stuff before. I like this book a lot but I've been into the genre for a while.
I am interested in criminal profiling and always have been. Specifically, I am interested in the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI. This book is written by one of the founders of that unit and in it are highlighted some memorable cases. The good thing is that an aspect of a sexual crime is mentioned, briefly explained, and given an example. I enjoyed this approach because it made it easier to learn the basics of criminal profiling. In particular, I like to read about the steps used in profilin...more
This book was a really disturbing easy read. I tore through all the bloody rape and murder stories, and gobbled up the psychology sections with explanations of the pathology involved in sexual crimes, and the requirements for successful BSU agents, and their methodology for helping capture such criminals. The book seems thorough in covering the issues surrounding it, and the author is clearly knowledgeable as well as a good teacher. I am a bit jumpier since I read this book, more aware of situat...more
Jan 07, 2013
Elizabeth
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Awesome book about profiling and crime. So interesting
Intriguingly honest
Mar 07, 2013
Kotler
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Excellent!
I bought this on my Kindle last month when I had the flu and wanted only to read an undemanding and lowbrow guilty pleasure. It delivered. As for the serious study of crime it purports to be, forget it. Hazelwood can't decide whether he wants to write an alarmist screed in the vein of Nancy Grace or the kind of gory True Crime paperback that his subjects would enjoy. If you must read this, do yourself a favor later and find Malcolm Gladwell's expose of criminal profiling as flimsy junk science.
I read this in between all my other stories...love it thus far...from a psychological point of view..its interesting to see how our FBI interviews and catagorizes all the different personalities that make up the criminal world....definitely a keeper for my bookshelf....LOVE TRUE CRIME!!!
This book was very intruiging.. I could hardly put it down, and it showed to me the darker corner of a killer's mind that I'd never even imagined... things that were fairly obvious were called to my attention in a "Oh yeah.. that makes sense" continuous fashion. I'll be reading this book over and over and over again.
A co-worker and partner with John Douglas, famed FBI profiler, Roy Hazelwood gives his accounts of starting the behavioral analysis unit of the FBI. I wasn't as drawn to this author as I was to Douglas - just didn't grab me the same way, but still fascinating information.
Oct 18, 2010
Heather
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3 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
true-crime,
non-fiction
Very hard to read at times, but still interesting. Leads me to want to be more careful in my interactions with strangers. The author seems to truly be an expert in his field. Does contain very disturbing events. Not recommended for everyone.
Hazelwood explores cases he's worked on that have a sexual element. Mostly interesting but a bit heavy on the psychology at times.
Oct 09, 2007
Angela
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Those interested in the criminal mind.
Hazelwood is a fascinating man who has detailed his experiences respectfully with regard to the many victims he has learned from as well as from the criminals he has researched and interviewed personally.
A really good, and disturbing, look into the minds of killers and rapists. Has a lot of psychological information within it and would be great for Forensic Psychologists to read.
3.5 stars
Expert insight into some very nasty murder cases. Accessible writing style, but not a light subject matter - I'd only really recommend to true-crime buffs.
Expert insight into some very nasty murder cases. Accessible writing style, but not a light subject matter - I'd only really recommend to true-crime buffs.
Not for the faint of heart. There are graphic case studies. But, an excellent book if you are interested in abnormal psychology and understanding the criminal mind.
Fascinating read. Roy Hazelwood doesn't have the punch to his writing that John Douglas has but his books are still fascinating.
Could be better written, but I gave it 5 stars because there really isn't that much, or much that is as good, on the subject.
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