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Summary: Ego Trip
Review: This book could have been a whole lot better if Mr. Douglas could have gotten over his enormous ego. I don't mean to undermind his fine work over the years or his dedication, but he wasted half the book patting himself on the back. I think he needs to get over himself and realize that he isn't the only one who solved these cases. It took a whole lot of hard working people and not just one loan FBI agent.
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Summary: Save your money. Wish I did.
Review: I bought this book thinking I would learn how profiling really works and how it is used to solve crimes. All I found was John Douglas's ego, everywhere. He needs to check that by the roadside and stick to "just the facts".
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Summary: Douglas and his experiences will stick in your mind...
Review: I listened to this book on tape. Once you can get past Douglas' ego the information he shares is valuable and important to everyone that interacts with strangers on any level. Read this book to become aware and somewhat street-wise of what can happen in the blink of an eye by almost anyone around you. I'm not the paranoid type, but this book sure made me glad I never let my son out of my sight as he grew up!
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Summary: Mindhunter: A great insight into Serial Killers
Review: I found Mindhunter to be a disturbing but brilliant account of both the carreer of John Douglas and the minds of dangerous criminals. If like me you are perplexed and horrified at the barbaric acts of serial killers and although they seem insane yet you cannot help but feel the individual acted with a certain amount of rational behaviour then I think Mindhunter is an excellent book to help explain why certain individuals commit such terrible attrocities. I wish many people to read Mindhunter whatever there political or moral views are as it highlights and explains the process of an evil problem which sadly is going to get worse. I don't agree with some aspects of the book I felt he maybe should have laid off some of the bad language as it tended to detract from the enormity of the subject which he brilliantly conveys. It's a minor gripe but I felt the swearing slightly trivialised the book and gave it the atmosphere of just another crime novel rather than a dark compelling journey into the mind of a killer and those trying to bring him to justice, which I believe the book trully is. I must confess I also found Douglas to be slightly egotistical. But I suppose after doing more for investigative profilling than any other individual except Robert Ressler, he is entitled to be. Stephen
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Summary: An interesting trip inside the minds of killers.
Review: Although some descriptions of crime scenes made me a little bit sick, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I successfully showed what exactly made specific killers tick; a topic that fascinates me. I wouldn't recommend it to just anybody, but it is a must for anybody interested in crime, criminology, or the criminal mind.
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Summary: A Powerful Testimony To the Power of Reason and Induction.
Review: I learned about this book while searching for information on the methods used by law enforcement personnel to catch the most unusual and baffling of criminals -- people who mutilate their victims or conduct ritual behaviors surrounding the murders. This is exactly what Douglas talks about in this remarkable book. Douglas championed the cause of behaviorial profiling, convinced that psychology could be used to predict future behavior; an idea that was previously greatly doubted in the scientific community. If you watch "The X-Files" you will see this method often reflected in Agent Mulder's investigations of ritual murders and other bizarre crimes. Douglas is also clearly dedicated to the use of solid, real world facts to support his methods. He does not engage in pure speculation, but uses the factual evidence he acquires to make a theory. Over time, as he finds flaws in his theories, he meticulously adjusts his technique to make his predictions work. This book should be a staple in the collection of anyone who is interested in criminal psychology, investigative techniques, or FBI methodology.
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Summary: A very inspiring work of true-crime
Review: John Douglas' book, about his facinating work as a "profiler" in the Investigative Support Unit, has inspired me to follow in the same career path. Even though he strayed at times into reflections about his personal life, he kept it intresting with the morbid obsession that people have about the gritty details true-crime.
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Summary: The inside look at the FBI, and the mentality of a killer
Review: This is the first pleasure book I have picked up in quite some time. This is because I have been a full time student for the past 16 years. This book transitioned me from acedemic reading to pleasure reading. I found I just couldn't put it down. First of all, it is an autobiograophy, which I prefer. Secondly, it explore and somewhat explained the criminal mind, and who better to report than the FBI themselves. In general, if you liked "Silence of the Lambs" you will like this; (one of the characters from that movie is suppost to be a representation of John Douglas himself). It's not much of a holiday subject, but I am sending it to a friend of mine for Christmas cause I know she'll love it. I gave it only an eight b/c grammar was poor, writing was far from superior (but i think he didn't try to hide that, which I can respect) and transitions were weak, but as you can tell from above, who am I to talk.:)
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Summary: "Kind of a Drag!"
Review: Serial killers are interesting; so is the search for them. John Douglas' personal life and childhood history are not. This title is spoiled by the interjection of Douglas' ego into every account of investigations in which he participated. Mr. Douglas' work is to be lauded; it speaks for itself. It's a pity he had to air his ego in print; otherwise, he would have written an interesting tome.
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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: I had expected much more from this book after hearing some interviews with the author. The first one-third of the book dealt only with his personal life. I'm sorry, but that's not what I bought the book for. I did finally get an impression of what "profiling" was all about, but it was a struggle to sift this information out from the totally unrelated facts of his personal life. I feel like I was cheated out of my money!
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