The Monsters We Make: Murder, Obsession, and the Rise of Criminal Profiling [Hardcover]

A riveting work of true crime that tells the strange story of criminal profiling from Victorian times to our own. A cornerstone of true crime, profiling, is the heart of If your tastes include true crime or police dramas, youre already aware of the role that profiling plays in attempting to better understand violent acts. Theres a long history behind that discipline & [ Corbett succeeds in questioning the reliance on profiling in policing and ultimately, the stories we tell ourselves about who is a monster and why. A thought-provoking read for a culture obsessed with true crime. Corbett [is] a gifted storyteller & A highly readable, endlessly revealing primer on the homicidal mind. [ Serial killers have spawned hundreds of books, but none like this. With a daughters heart and a reporters keen gaze, Rachel Corbett turns the stories inside out. She profiles the profilerstheir methods, their hubris, and the evils they unwittingly commit. An expertly titrated mix of history, true crime, and memoir, In her gripping and illuminating In Fascinating. . . . Were all now aware of criminal profiling, thanks to the likes of