Hunting Serial Predators 2 Edition

by G. Maurice Godwin

Written by a leading expert on the subject, the Second Edition of Hunting Serial Predators describes the empirical process used to analyze serial murderers' crime scene actions, making it possible to form logical decisions about how to detect and apprehend serial killers. In this new edition, Dr. Maurice Godwin provides the reader with a model of the crime scene actions of American serial murderers based on information available to a police inquiry; an overview of the related scientific knowledge, introducing a new method to classify the serial predator; and accounts of the process and difficulties of profiling the serial murderer. By presenting a classification model of serial murderers and their crime scene behaviors based on empirical and repeatable studies, this book makes significant advances in the areas of police investigations, etiology, and treatment possible.

Genres: Science

268 pages, Paperback

First published September 28, 1999

About the author

Grover Maurice Godwin
G. Maurice Godwin
Maurice Godwin

Dr. Grover Maurice Godwin's perspective is unique. He was a beat cop in a small rural town in North Carolina. After a stop at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, TN and Indiana State University to obtain his bachelor and master degrees respectively, he traveled to England, where he studied in a one of a kind criminal psychology program at the University of Liverpool. Dr. Godwin is first American to hold a Ph.D. in Investigative Psychology. His expertise and scientific research in areas of psychology, serial killers, criminal behavior, and linking unsolved crimes distinctly sets him apart from the vast number of criminal profilers who rely on intuitive based opinions.