Sadistic Killers
Profiles of Pathological Predators
Published on 12. February 2006
352 pages
978-0-85765-422-9 (ISBN)
Description
Acclaimed crime writer Carol Anne Davis explores the minds of sadistic killers: their childhoods, their growing pathology and horrific crimes. Knowing what some of these killers endured doesn't even begin to excuse their crimes - but it does explain them. Davis delineates the different subgroups of sadists - for example, those who kill indiscriminately - in Britain, the US and Australia.
There are also chapters on:
* female sadists, who tend to be overlooked by the media.
* consensual sadomasochism - including a rare interview with a well-known female practitioner, Lynn Paula Russell.
* input from a psychologist who has helped rehabilitate some of Britain's most violent men.
Sadistic Killers is a compelling look at the formative influences of a sadist and at his or her crimes. Unflinching in detail but never gratuitous, this is an informative read with a hopeful ending.
There are also chapters on:
* female sadists, who tend to be overlooked by the media.
* consensual sadomasochism - including a rare interview with a well-known female practitioner, Lynn Paula Russell.
* input from a psychologist who has helped rehabilitate some of Britain's most violent men.
Sadistic Killers is a compelling look at the formative influences of a sadist and at his or her crimes. Unflinching in detail but never gratuitous, this is an informative read with a hopeful ending.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Edition type
Digital original
File size
0,92 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-85765-422-9 (9780857654229)
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02/2007
Summersdale Publishers
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Person
Carol Anne Davis is the author of eight true crime books and seven realistic crime novels. She contributes regularly to Serial Killer Quarterly and is a long-standing judge for the Crime Writers Association's Non-Fiction Dagger award.
