Serial Murder

by Ronald M. Holmes, Stephen T. Holmes

Continuing in the same well-written and accessible style as the first, this Second Edition of Serial Murder brings state-of-the-art research to the extant literature. Seven new chapters thoroughly examine different types of serial killers,and there is an informative chapter on theories of such crimes. A more fully developed discussion on the victims is provided, and an entire chapter is devoted to exploring the kinds of problems and frustrations often encountered during the investigation of these acts of violence. The book also incorporates expanded coverage on the history of serial murder, and the issue of women as serial killers is also considered.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Julian Hunt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Writing is sloppy and presumptuous. Authors make statements without supporting evidence or citations. I recognize this was published years ago, but that doesn’t excuse the corner-cutting. This is a text book- that should mean a higher standard, not lower. I did enjoy it for the historical context, if nothing else.

[Michelle Boyer · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was okay. I felt that for a book that poked at true crime authors, perhaps the writing could have been more inspired. Overall left me feeling "meh" at the end.

Fun fact though, according to this book, the FBI says there are 35 active serial killers living among us each day. A little scary.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

First read this as a text book at university but come back to it every now and then as the content is fascinating and it's well written and well researched

[Wannie Michelmann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Supplementary academic studies for students of criminology, psychology and sociology

[Annatakken · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesting topic and boring book, goes into great detail about some mundane things and leaves out other things (like an entire interview with ted bundy) overall interesting read