Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters

Description

Vronsky not only offers sound theories on what makes a serial killer, but also provides concrete suggestions on how to survive an encounter with one - from recognising verbal warning signs to physical confrontational resistance. Exhaustively researched with transcripts of interviews with killers, and featuring up-to-date information on the apprehension and conviction of the Green River Killer and the Beltway Snipers, Vronsky's one-of-a-kind book covers every conceivable aspect of an endlessly riveting true-crime phenomenon.

Peter Vronsky, PhD, is an investigative historian and a former film and television documentary producer. He is the author of Serial Killers- The Method and Madness of Monsters, Sons of Cain- A History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present, Female Serial Killers- How and Why Women Become Monsters, and a contributor to R. J. Parker's annual Serial Killers- True Crime Anthology series, currently in its fifth year of publication. His research and interviews have been featured in numerous books and television programs. He holds a PhD from the University of Toronto in the fields of criminal justice history and the history of espionage in international relations. A history instructor at Ryerson University in Toronto, he divides his time between Toronto, Canada, and Venice, Italy.

"This formidably comprehensive, brilliantly researched book must be the most wide-ranging work on serial killers that has been written so far. The fact that it sprang from the author's brief encounters with two serial killers lends it a sense of personal urgency."-Colin Wilson, author of Killers Among Us and Written in Blood. "Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters is one of the most complete books I have read on serial killers. If you are fascinated by the human mind and by those who are abnormal, this is the book for you."-Roundtable Reviews