Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit (U)

during His Twenty-five-year Career With The Investigative Support Unit, Special Agent John Douglas Became A Legendary Figure In Law Enforcement, Pursuing Some Of The Most Notorious And Sadistic Serial Killers Of Our Time: The Man Who Hunted Prostitutes For Sport In The Woods Of Alaska, The Atlanta Child Murderer, And Seattle's Green River Killer, The Case That Nearly Cost Douglas His Life. As The Model For Jack Crawford In The Silence Of The Lambs, Douglas Has Confronted, Interviewed, Adn Studied Scores Of Serial Killers And Assassins, Including Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, And Ed Gein, Who Dressed Himself In His Victims' Peeled Skin. Now, In Chilling Detail, The Legendary Mindhunter Takes Us Behind The Scenes Of Some Of His Most Gruesome, Fascinating, And Challenging Cases -- And Into The Darkest Recesses Of Our Worst Nightmares. publishers Weekly one Of The First To Develop The Specialty Of Criminal-personality Profiling, Douglas Has Written A Readable, Popular Version Of His Earlier Sexual Homicide (lexington, 1988). He Discusses How Fbi Profilers, Working From Crime Scene Evidence, Predict The Type Of Personality Who Committed A Serial Murder. Accurate Profiles-such As That Of Wayne Williams, The Atlanta Child Killer-can Help Focus On Likely Suspects. Profiling Can Also Suggest Proactive Steps For Luring The Culprit Into Contacting The Police. Unfortunately, A Profile Is Apt To Fit A Lot Of People. As The Unsolved Green River Killer Case Attests, It Cannot Substitute For Hard Evidence. Although Profiling Has Limitations Not Emphasized In This Semiautobiographical Account, Douglas Is Justifiably Proud Of Its Success. Recommended For True Crime Collections. [previewed In Prepub Alert, Lj 6/15/95.]-gregor A. Preston, Formerly With Univ. Of California Lib., Davis