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Don DeNevi; John H. Campbell; Stephen Band; John E. Otto. Into the Minds of Madmen: How the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit Revolutionized Crime Investigation. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 2003
1591021359 From Publishers Weekly DeNevi (Mob Nemesis; Riddle of the Rock) and Campbell (former chief of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit) write in their introduction: "Although officially authorized by the FBI, the book is far from a bland, bureaucratic puff piece that covers up mistakes and elevates every minor accomplishment into a brilliant triumph." Unfortunately, that's precisely what this book is, a button-down history that never gets more interesting than an interdepartmental memo. The authors seem determined to remind the reader that behind every gruesome or sensational crime there are untold hours of procedural drudgery, reams of paperwork and tangles of bureaucratic formalities. Formally established in 1972, the BSU was a radical departure from the spit-and-polish, by-the-book bureau of J. Edgar Hoover's day. Also known as the Investigative Support Unit, the BSU was the first law enforcement body to develop and systematize a method for profiling the psychological tendencies of criminal types based solely on crime scene evidence. While this innovation in modern criminology has fascinated the general public and inspired numerous films and television series, this book offers little discussion of profiling itself or how it works. Except for a cursory overview of the Unabomber investigation, it does not discuss specific cases or criminals. Instead, the authors offer a chronological inventory of courses, programs and administrative decisions; the resumes of several prominent BSU agents; and a grab bag of irrelevant anecdotes. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. Trial, May 2004 "The lives and work of these unsung heroes are compelling...recommend it for a rainy day..." From the Inside Flap When law enforcement struggles to solve a serial murder, arson, rape, or child abduction, and is making little headway, it turns to the FBI's legendary Behavioral Sciences Unit (BSU) at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Over the past three decades more than thirty members of this elite team have worked to capture countless elusive criminals and solve in excess of twenty thousand cases. Rarely have they been appreciated. Never has their story been told. Now, after more than thirty years, the inside story of the BSU has been written by John H. Campbell, former BSU chief (1989-1992), and Don DeNevi, author of many highly acclaimed true-crime books. INTO THE MINDS OF MADMEN describes the difficult work of the tireless professionals who have devoted their careers to investigating and analyzing in meticulous detail the actions and personalities of the macabre psychopaths who haunt our streets. In contrast to well-known fictional depictions like SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and THE X-FILES, DeNevi and Campbell's real-life perspective shows that the true story is more engrossing, indeed astonishing, than any movie or novel. The authors reveal how this crack unit developed a new technique, from a combination of psychological profiling, and old-fashioned detective work, which succeeded in cracking a host of difficult cases, including serial murders, hostage taking, and terrorism. Readers experience what it is like to crawl into the twisted minds of notorious criminals, as psychological profilers must do to learn their motivations, patterns, and probable next moves. This unique view of the FBI's prestigious unit will provide fascinating reading for fans of "C.S.I.", "Profiler", or other similar dramas, and is also a long overdue and fitting tribute to the heroic men and women of the Behavioral Science Unit, who fight everyday to keep Americans safe. About the Author Don DeNevi is the author, or coauthor, of thirty-two books, including MOB NEMESIS: HOW THE FBI CRIPPLED ORGANIZED CRIME (with FBI Special Agent in Charge Joe Griffin), and RIDDLE OF THE ROCK: THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ. Having previously taught in the criminal justice department of San Francisco State University, he now teaches and counsels the condemned on San Quentin's death row. John H. Campbell, Ph.D., is a professor in the criminal justice department at St. Cloud State Univesity in Minnesota and the former unit chief of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit. Publication Date: 01-MAY-04 Format: Online - approximately 874 words Delivery: Immediate Online Access Author: Neal, Bobbie S. Full Article: Into the Minds of Madmen: How the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit Revolutionized Crime Investigation Don DeNevi and John H. Campbell Prometheus Books www.prometheusbooks.com 483 pp.,28 Why are we fascinated with stories of serial killers and other bizarre criminals, flocking to movies like The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal? Is it to experience, briefly, a world of evil and madness before going back to our normal lives? In Into the Minds of Madmen, we meet people who have spent their lives studying this world but do not have the luxury of escaping it when they go home at night. From the 1970s to the 1990s, the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) used psychology, psychiatry, and other disciplines to capture this country's most prolific and horrific criminals, including murderers, rapists, child molesters, and arsonists. Clarice Starling, the plucky heroine of The Silence of the Lambs, was a BSU agent. The FBI asked these authors--Don DeNevi, a former criminal justice professor, and John H. Campbell, a former BSU chief--to write the official history of the BSU. In tiffs book, the authors have condensed the 600-page history they prepared for the bureau to a briefer version for the general public. Do not expect a recounting of the captures and trials of the most infamous serial killers, such as Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer. This book focuses on the profilers--the agents whose job is to t enter the minds of these madmen. Using mostly primary sources, such as personal recollections from past and present BSU agents, DeNevi and Campbell demystify their work. In the early 1970s when murder rates, especially serial killings, were soaring, J. Edgar Hoover established the BSU as a teaching and research center to train local, state, and federal law enforcement officials in using the behavioral sciences to identify criminals and determine their motives. Profiling--or "criminal investigative analysis," as it is now called--began informally as a teaching tool. Students brought unsolved cases to class, and the instructors created psychological profiles of the killers. Some of these profiles helped catch murderers, and the BSU faculty began receiving requests from around the country and the world to assist law enforcement. Soon, the unit was nationally and internationally recognized as the premier investigative and research facility for solving "unsolvable," motiveless, serial murders. The authors describe the gruesome and incomprehensible, but "garden variety," cases the BSU faced every day: two women, four houses apart, both shot in the head and mutilated, the bodies showing evidence of cannibalism; a rural Virginia housekeeper, shot three times in the head and handcuffed, found dead in a motel room; a disabled young woman strangled, beaten, mutilated, and posed suggestively, found on the roof of her apartment building; five women, similar in appearance, stabbed and drowned, found several months apart in a wooded area outside a Baltimore apartment complex. Among the BSU agents we meet is Howard "Bud" Teten, an ex-Marine and Korean War veteran, who is considered the "godfather" of criminal profiling. He combined crime-scene analysis and psychology to create the FBI training course "Applied Criminology," which expanded the theoretical bases of psychological profiling and led to its current form. We also get to know the unit's premier profilers, who took profiling from theory to FBI discipline. Robert Ressler, a man described as having a herculean constitution for dealing with a constant barrage of horrific crime-scene images, helped create the criminal personality profiling program and computer software to assist BSU agents in collecting and analyzing violent crimes. Both are still in use today. He also inspired characters in novels by Mary Higgins Clark, the films Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs and the TV shows The X-Files and Profiler. Ressler and his partner John Douglas conducted the first survey of criminal minds and interviewed the most infamous murderers of the 1970s and 1980s, including Sirhan Sirhan, Charles Manson, David Berkowitz, and John Wayne Gacy. There is also the requisite office jokester. Russell Vorpagel, who used levity to deal with the stresses of BSU work. Of his many pranks, his most memorable in elude faking slitting his own throat, with a real knife and fake blood, and pretending to drop nitroglycerin on the floor in front of a classroom full of police officers. An FBI reorganization in 1986 moved criminal profiling out of the BSU to the National Center for Analysis of Violent Crime. Today, the unit is still an instructional component of the FBI's training division. However, the authors write, until profiling is returned to the BSU's core mission, the unit is incomplete. The lives and work of these unsung heroes are compelling. Unfortunately, the book lacks narrative cohesion, and poor editing distracts from the profilers' stories. In some places, transitions are poor or nonexistent, and the authors introduce people and events without elaborating. That is a pity, but it is not fatal. If you are a fan of movies and TV shows that delve into the minds of serial killers, you will forgive the book these faults. I recommend it for a rainy day--with a nice Chianti and som
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Scottoline, Lisa: Moment of Truth (Audiobook) Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. HarperCollins Publishers 2000
ISBN: 0-694-52305-4 As New Condition
Jack Newlin had no choice but to frame himself for murder." From that riveting first line, Edgar Award-winning writer, Lisa Scottoline -- the woman some refer to as "the female John Grisham" -- ratchets up the suspense with every page in her newest thriller. Moment of Truth puts a new twist on the old tale of a lawyer hired to defend an accused murderer. Because this time, the accused isn't playing by the rules; he doesn't want to get off. And the lawyer defending him has more at stake than just her career and her client's life. The luck of the draw and a late-night phone call give attorney Mary DiNunzio, who works in the all-woman law firm run by Bennie Rosato, a profile murder case to defend. Jack Newlin, a lawyer and the husband of wealthy socialite, Honor Newlin, comes home to find his wife brutally stabbed to death on the dining room floor. Convinced he knows who did it, Jack takes immediate steps to stage the crime scene and implicate himself. He then calls 911 and, later, confesses to the police. Then he hires DiNunzio because he figures her to be the most inexperienced lawyer he can get. But while Mary may not have much experience, she does have an instinct for the truth and a whole lot of energy that may turn her into Jack's worst nightmare. For Mary, the case is both puzzling and frustrating. Instead of having a client who's guilty and professing his innocence, she has a client who's innocent and insisting he's guilty. Though Mary is pretty certain her client is lying, her intense attraction to him leaves her wondering if her judgment is sound. And complicating the picture is Jack's beautiful 16-year-old daughter, Paige, an emancipated minor who has been living on her own for a year while she pursues a modeling career. Paige and her mother have a long history of heated animosity and when Mary uncovers a certain secret, she begins to think Paige may be the real killer. As Mary digs deeper into the case, she becomes more convinced that Jack is framing himself to protect his daughter. In trying to prove it, Mary runs into several obstacles, not the least of which is the Assistant D.A., Dwight Davis, who sees this case as a shoe-in for the death penalty and a stepping stone for his own career. But then Mary gets some help from a most unlikely source and the case takes a frightening turn. By the time Mary learns the truth, it may be too late to save either Jack or herself. Scottoline has built a reputation for penning hard-hitting, fast-paced stories and this one, her seventh legal thriller, is no exception. From the hook of that first line through to the explosive conclusion, Scottoline reels her readers in, playing them on the line like a true master. Tapping into her own experiences as a trial lawyer with a prestigious Philadelphia law firm, Scottoline adds just the right amount of realism and drama to her tales. She clearly knows how to make the most of the ethical dilemmas and subtle intricacies that are part and parcel of practicing law. Combine that with a cast of well-drawn and complex characters and it's easy to see why Scottoline has a reputation for being one of the most entertaining reads around. --Beth Amos From the Publisher A winner of the Edgar Award and the bestselling author of six acclaimed novels, Lisa Scottoline has unabashedly earned the distinction "queen of the legal thriller." Critics have celebrated her storytelling talents, noting that she skillfully depicts "personal quirks that give her characters dimension." Publishers Weekly has raved that "Scottoline's legal background lends verisimilitude" to her stories, and Kirkus Reviews has praised her ability to devise terrific plots, proclaiming that she "comes up with the best hooks in the legal trade." Now this gifted author has summoned her array of talents to pen Moment of Truth, her most exciting and unpredictable novel yet--a riveting story of a man who frames himself for murder. Priced at FORTY DOLLARS. Audio
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Scottoline, Lisa: MOMENT OF TRUTH (Audiobook) Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. HarperCollins Publishers 2000
ISBN: 0-694-52305-4 As New Condition
Jack Newlin had no choice but to frame himself for murder." <P> From that riveting first line, Edgar Award-winning writer, Lisa Scottoline -- the woman some refer to as "the female John Grisham" -- ratchets up the suspense with every page in her newest thriller. Moment of Truth puts a new twist on the old tale of a lawyer hired to defend an accused murderer. Because this time, the accused isn't playing by the rules; he doesn't want to get off. And the lawyer defending him has more at stake than just her career and her client's life. The luck of the draw and a late-night phone call give attorney Mary DiNunzio, who works in the all-woman law firm run by Bennie Rosato, a profile murder case to defend. Jack Newlin, a lawyer and the husband of wealthy socialite, Honor Newlin, comes home to find his wife brutally stabbed to death on the dining room floor. Convinced he knows who did it, Jack takes immediate steps to stage the crime scene and implicate himself. He then calls 911 and, later, confesses to the police. Then he hires DiNunzio because he figures her to be the most inexperienced lawyer he can get. <P> But while Mary may not have much experience, she does have an instinct for the truth and a whole lot of energy that may turn her into Jack's worst nightmare. For Mary, the case is both puzzling and frustrating. Instead of having a client who's guilty and professing his innocence, she has a client who's innocent and insisting he's guilty. Though Mary is pretty certain her client is lying, her intense attraction to him leaves her wondering if her judgment is sound. And complicating the picture is Jack's beautiful 16-year-old daughter, Paige, an emancipated minor who has been living on her own for a year while she pursues a modeling career. Paige and her mother have a long history of heated animosity and when Mary uncovers a certain secret, she begins to think Paige may be the real killer. As Mary digs deeper into the case, she becomes more convinced that Jack is framing himself to protect his daughter. In trying to prove it, Mary runs into several obstacles, not the least of which is the Assistant D.A., Dwight Davis, who sees this case as a shoe-in for the death penalty and a stepping stone for his own career. But then Mary gets some help from a most unlikely source and the case takes a frightening turn. By the time Mary learns the truth, it may be too late to save either Jack or herself. Scottoline has built a reputation for penning hard-hitting, fast-paced stories and this one, her seventh legal thriller, is no exception. From the hook of that first line through to the explosive conclusion, Scottoline reels her readers in, playing them on the line like a true master. Tapping into her own experiences as a trial lawyer with a prestigious Philadelphia law firm, Scottoline adds just the right amount of realism and drama to her tales. She clearly knows how to make the most of the ethical dilemmas and subtle intricacies that are part and parcel of practicing law. Combine that with a cast of well-drawn and complex characters and it's easy to see why Scottoline has a reputation for being one of the most entertaining reads around. --Beth Amos From the Publisher A winner of the Edgar Award and the bestselling author of six acclaimed novels, Lisa Scottoline has unabashedly earned the distinction "queen of the legal thriller." Critics have celebrated her storytelling talents, noting that she skillfully depicts "personal quirks that give her characters dimension." Publishers Weekly has raved that "Scottoline's legal background lends verisimilitude" to her stories, and Kirkus Reviews has praised her ability to devise terrific plots, proclaiming that she "comes up with the best hooks in the legal trade." Now this gifted author has summoned her array of talents to pen Moment of Truth, her most exciting and unpredictable novel yet--a riveting story of a man who frames himself for murder. Published at FORTY DOLLARS, as new audio cassette boxed program - UNABRIDGED! Audio Cassette Boxed Program 16 cm x 10 cm
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Parnell Hall: Puzzled to Death (Puzzle Lady Mysteries) Bantam 2002
Mass Market Paperback 0553581465 From the Publisher "Bakerhaven, Connecticut, seems like the ideal place to host a charity crossword-puzzle tournament. After all, the town is home to noted crossword creator Harvey Beerbaum, as well as to Cora Felton, the beloved syndicated puzzle columnist known everywhere as the Puzzle Lady. Why shouldn't the pair co-host the festivities and crown the winner? Truth be told, Cora has a long list of reasons, but her niece Sherry insists she must accept...or Cora's fans may discover who secretly pens the column." As Cora grudgingly agrees to help, Harvey announces a slew of celebrity contestants - and invites the locals to challenge the veteran puzzlers head-on. But before long the town's attention is fixated on something far more controversial than crosswords...when the body of town tart Judy Vale is discovered lying dead on her kitchen floor. From The Critics Publishers Weekly In this third book of a well-received series (Last Puzzle and Testament, etc.), we have puzzles within puzzles in every sense of the word. Cora Felton, hailed as the "Puzzle Lady" for her prowess in constructing newspaper crossword puzzles, in truth knows nothing about crosswords. She receives the adulation of the puzzle world while her niece, Sherry Carter, does all the work. Cora's real love is solving murder mysteries in the Murder She Wrote vein. When the townspeople of Bakerhaven, Conn., decide to hold a crossword puzzle contest, after much debate over the propriety and usefulness of such a contest, Cora, who's cohost of the event, gets her chance to do some sleuthing. The town tart turns up dead on her kitchen floor, and soon two more murders follow. What ties all the murders together is that a crossword puzzle (or in one case, a doodle) is found with each body. The author provides us with two crosswords from the contest to solve, though these have only a tenuous connection to the murders. Poor Chief Harper of the Bakerhaven Police Department, Cora's foil, is somewhat befuddled ("Tell me again why she couldn't have done it," he asks her). Numerous suspects, both out-of-town contestants and locals, keep the action moving. The dust jacket, depicting a subtly sinister autumnal landscape with a crossword-grid sky, elegantly conveys the novel's contents. (Nov. 6) FYI: Hall is also the author of Cozy (Forecasts, May 21). Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information. ..Rare Books make rare gifts... Experience, Quality, Value..
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