The Forensic Psychology of Criminal Minds

A voluminous popular writer on crime, and especially serial murder, Ramsland draws on her education in forensic psychology as she looks at the real cases that inspired some of the hit TV show Criminal Minds' most memorable episodes. Her topics include the history and purpose of criminal profiling, psychological autopsy and victimilogy, varieties of deviance, negotiations, the mass market and the culture of serial murder, profiling abroad, and the new generation. Annotation 2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)