Inside the minds of sexual predators
By: Katherine Ramsland and Patrick N. McGrain.
Contributors: McGrain, Patrick Norman.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780313379604; 9780313379611
Subjects: Sex offenders -- Case studies; Sex offenders -- Psychology; Criminal psychology
Genres: Case studies
Description: "They are among the most frightening of all criminals, yet few have attempted to document the complex mindset of the sexual predator through intimate case details. Inside the Minds of Sexual Predators reexamines this intentional criminal behavior, describing the different types of sexual predators and explaining why they choose to commit their specific type of predatory acts. Each chapter of the book addresses a different category of predator or a specific, complex issue related to predatory behavior. Distinctions are drawn between types of offenders, from the casual offender to the depraved rapist and serial lust killer, and the variables that play a part in an individual's sexual predation are explored. Like Ramsland's Inside the Minds of Mass Murderers, this book is essential reading for professionals in law enforcement and psychology, as well as for everyone seeking to go beyond the headlines to understand this difficult and controversial topic." -- Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Predators and sexual disorders; title: It's all about me : narcissism and entitlement; title: Addiction and the cycle of sexual violence; title: Child molesters and family predators; title: Rapists; title: Lust killers; title: Team predators; title: Boys gone bad; title: Erotomania; title: Female teacher predators; title: Thou shalt not prey : offenders in the clergy; title: Cyber-predators; title: Catching lies; title: Society's response to the sexual predator.