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Law & Disorder: Inside the Dark Heart of Murder With the FBI's Legendary Mindhunter

By Mark Olshaker , John E. Douglas

Book information

Publisher
Citadel Press
Year
2013
ISBN
0786034319, 078602884X, 0806541830, 1306883741, 9780806541839, 9780786034314, 9780786028849, 9781306883740
ASIN
B00L3IKX2I
LCC
HV7911.D68
Google Books ID
HDZLEAAAQBAJ
Open Library ID
OL34777607M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
108 MB (113750316 bytes)
Pages
484\484
Library
archive.org
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2024-11-25 03:57:15

Description

For twenty-five years, John E. Douglas worked for the FBI, where he headed the elite Investigative Support Unit. The real-life model for FBI Agent Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, he's had a brilliant and terrifying career, getting inside the minds of notorious murderers and serial killers including Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and David Berkowitz (Son of Sam). Written with long-time collaborator Mark Olshaker, Law & Disorder is Douglas' most provocative and personal book to date. In it, he addresses every law enforcement professional's worst nightmare: those cases where, for one reason or another, justice was delayed...or even denied. Through a series of character-driven case histories--from the earliest trials in Salem, Massachusetts to the bungled trial of Amanda Knox--Douglas shows what happens when the system breaks down and bias, media coverage, and other influences get in the way of a dispassionate pursuit of the evidence. Here also are Douglas' personal reflections on his ongoing search for the truth--from painful lessons learned early in his career to his controversial findings in the West Memphis Three and Jon Benet Ramsey investigations. Brimming with procedural detail, Law & Disorder is an eye-opening insider's account of the exhilaration and frustration that attend the quest for justice.

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