Monsters in the Mirror: Reflections on the Study of Serial Murder

Serial Murder and Forensic Psychology are topics that generate tremendous global interest. MONSTERS in the MIRROR looks back at nearly 30 years of researching, writing about and teaching these subjects and examining some of the changes that developed along the way. There's never enough cases and theories to devour and debate. This book is geared toward the true crime aficionado and abnormal psychology scholar in all of us, who cannot get our fill of this intoxicating obsession.

INCLUDES:

FOREWORD by Peter Vronsky.

ESSAYS

Teaching Serial Murder by Dr. Katherine Ramsland The Profile of the Modern U.S.- Based Serial Murderer by Enzo Yaksic.

CASES include Richard Ramirez, Ed Gein, Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard Kuklinski, Ted Kaczyinski, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Katherine Mary Knight, David and Catherine Birnie and more. INTERVIEWS with film producer John Borowski, in-person researcher Ashleigh Keto and an in-depth conversation with a convicted homicide offender who explains the other side of mental illness, as well as a conversation with an exorcist. PLUS discussions on murderabillia, what constitutes a serial killer including race & gender, media influences, new definitions of serial murder and Homicidal Pattern Disorder, interviewing a serial killer and the challenge of teaching the topics of serial murder and forensic psychology.