serial murder: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
A useful reference source is Michael Newton, The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers (2000). Biographical accounts of serial killers by leading FBI investigators include Robert K. Ressler and Tom Schachtman, Whoever Fights Monsters (1992); and John Douglas and Mark Olshaker, Mindhunter (1995). Eric W. Hickey, Serial Murderers and Their Victims, 2nd ed. (1997), includes a quantitative analysis of serial murder throughout American history. A cultural-studies approach to serial murder is taken in Philip Jenkins, Using Murder (1994); and Richard Tithecott, Of Men and Monsters (1997).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Media added. | Nov 08, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Idaho Pressbooks Consortium - Uncovering Serial Killers - What is a Serial Killer? | Sep 21, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Idaho Pressbooks Consortium - Uncovering Serial Killers - What is a Serial Killer? | May 04, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - A Behaviour Sequence Analysis of Serial Killers Lives: From Childhood Abuse to Methods of Murder. | Mar 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Defining and classifying serial murder in the context of perpetrator motivation (PDF). | Apr 19, 2025 | ||
| Link added. | Feb 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Psychology Today - Serial Killers. | May 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress - Serial Killer: Nature vs. Nurture How Serial Killers are Born. | Jun 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Lycoming College - What is Serial Murder? (PDF). | May 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Central Community College - Research Guides - Serial Killers. | Sep 01, 2022 | ||
| Revised definition of serial murder. | Mar 11, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 17, 2018 | ||
| Changed "The Sudan" to "Sudan." | Oct 10, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Serial Murder. | Dec 06, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Michigan State University Libraries - Criminal Justice Resources : Serial or Mass Murder. | Dec 06, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - How Serial Killers Work. | Dec 06, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Culture - How Serial Killers Work. | Dec 06, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Crime Musuem - Early Signs of Serial Killers. | Dec 06, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Iowa - Department of Sociology - Serial Murderers: The Construction. | Dec 06, 2012 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 12, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | May 10, 2007 | ||
| New article added. | Apr 06, 2007 |
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