Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

by John E. Douglas

The three most common motives of serial rapists and murderers turn out to be domination, manipulation, and control.

frequently serial offenders had failed in their efforts to join police departments and had taken jobs in related fields, such as security guard or night watchman.

the normal common-sense assumptions, verbal cues, body language, and so on that we use to size up other people and make instant judgments about them often don’t apply to sociopaths.

if you want to understand the artist, look at his work.

The successful serial killers plan their work as carefully as a painter plans a canvas.