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Criminal Shadows: Inside The Mind Of The Serial Killer

by David Canter · 1992

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Every crime casts a unique shadow that may be interpreted to lead the police to the criminal responsible. This book looks at offender profiling that helps the police to identify and track individual criminals by the nature of their crime.

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Themes
murdermurderMore like thisLess of this
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Audience
adult
Length
long · 412 pages

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