Law & disorder
By: John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
Contributors: Olshaker, Mark, 1951-
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780758273123
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Murder; Psychology; Judicial error; FBI Academy; Officials and employees; Employees; Criminal psychology; Case studies; Investigation; Biography; FBI Academy. Investigative Support Unit; Murderers; Criminal investigation
Other titles: Law and disorder
Description: "For twenty-five years, John E. Douglas worked for the FBI, where he headed the elite Investigative Support Unit. The real-life model for FBI Agent Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, he's had a brilliant and terrifying career, getting inside the minds of notorious murderers and serial killers including Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and David Berkowitz (Son of Sam). Written with long-time collaborator Mark Olshaker, Law & Disorder is Douglas' most provocative and personal book to date. In it, he addresses every law enforcement professional's worst nightmare: those cases where, for one reason or another, justice was delayed ... or even denied. Through a series of character-driven case histories--from the earliest trials in Salem, Massachusetts to the bungled trial of Amanda Knox--Douglas shows what happens when the system breaks down and bias, media coverage, and other influences get in the way of a dispassionate pursuit of the evidence. Here also are Douglas' personal reflections on his ongoing search for the truth--from painful lessons learned early in his career to his controversial findings in the West Memphis Three and Jon Benet Ramsey investigations. Brimming with procedural detail, Law & Disorder is an eye-opening insider's account of the exhilaration and frustration that attend the quest for justice."--Publisher's description.
Notes: "The legendary FBI profiler's relentless pursuit of justice"--Dust jacket cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Witch-hunting; title: My personal journey. cAtch Me BeFore I Kill More ; Upon further review; title: Matters of life and death. "An innocent man is going to be murdered tonight" ; The fire on West Eleventh Street ; Burning questions; title: Balancing the scales. Suzanne's story ; The body in the park ; An empty seat, a flag at half-staff ; Defending the indefensible ; One individual story ; Going the distance ; "I can't stop thinking about them" ; Who should be executed?; title: Prosecution v. persecution, or, Getting to the truth about Ramsey. A Christmas nightmare ; What we know, and how we know it ; Enter Lou Smit; title: Satanic panic. Robin Hood Hills ; Damien and Jason ; Looking for Lucifer ; State v. Damien Wayne Echols and Charles Jason Baldwin ; Damien and Lorri ; Fitting the profile ; West Memphis heat ; Two stepfathers ; Arkansas revisited ; A deal with the devil? ; Meeting Mr. Echols ; The day of the dead ; The facts of the case ; Legal limbo ; Trial ; Appeal; title: Closing arguments. In summation.