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Summary: The look at subconscious behavior is facinating.
Review: I was riveted to this book. The insights into the criminal mind and especially the awareness of subconscious behavior was exhilarating.
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Summary: A very good read, start to finish
Review: John Douglas' book Mind Hunter is a quality read from start to finish. In this book Douglas explains how he gets inside the heads of some of the serial killers that he has helped track down. One thing Douglas makes sure to do is to give credit to the law enforcement officers that are actually investigating the cases. He takes no credit for finding these killers, he just provides a narrowed point of view for the detectives. Douglas makes the reader understand the anguish that the victim and the victim's families must go through. Not to mention the physical and mental toll it takes on the investigators. The stories he tells makes the book move along at a nice pace and he doesn't drag down the narrative with a lot of technical gibberish. He is quick and to the point. I suppose the credit for this should go to Mr. Olshaker instead. No matter who is responsible,Mind Hunter is an excellent read that you will find yourself re-reading over and over again.
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Summary: More about Douglas than actual profiling
Review: The book is more about Douglas' ego than about profiling. Also, from attending a number of Vernon Geberth's seminars I have come to realize that Douglas laid claim to many cases that he did not solve. To take credit for cases he did not solve is rather pathetic. As stated this book and his other books are just wars stories that many homicide investigators around the country discuss and teach. To learn how to profile read Brent Turvey's book, Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis.
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Summary: This book is one that you can't start without finishing.
Review: Douglas's career experience is anything but boring. Sort of a biographic story, Douglas tells how he struggled to find a career for himself and then stumbles his way into the FBI. He takes us through how the criminal profiling unit became a recognized unit under the FBI. However, don't get me wrong, the book is rich with terror as Douglas recounts the cases he worked with some of the most brutal criminals of our time. I never used to read for pleasure and since reading Mindhunter, I have gone on to read Obsession and Journey into Darkness (also written by Douglas and Mark Olshaker). I strongly encourage anyone who has an interest in criminology, to read this book.
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Summary: Best Criminal Profiling Book I've Read
Review: Thought the book was so great read it cover to cover in a day. Less than a year I read it again. Learned a lot from the book.
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Summary: Gripping and Disturbing
Review: I have read alot of reviews here and I've noticed that most of the people who gave this book a poor review named Mr. Douglas' ego as the primary letdown. I would just like to say that I am very thankful that Mr. Douglas is alive and that he pioneered FBI techniques that have been remarkably effective in catching some of the most sadistic, cruel, inhuman monsters the world has ever seen. I feel humility when I think of John Douglas and the work he did. He had to see things that most of us could never handle and he had to keep his sanity and use his talent under enormous pressure. Because of him, some very morbid sociopaths have been removed from society, men who were in love with killing innocent people and who would have continued had they not been caught. Think about your own children, your spouse, your siblings, their children, your parents, everyone you love. Then decide if having an ego about making these people safe is really such a sin.
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Summary: A true book about serial killers!
Review: This book about the FBI was very interesting and very wonderful to read. I grabed it from a book shelf, started to read it before we bought it. I finally bought it and could not put it down. I really liked it a lot!
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Summary: A good book on profiling.
Review: John Douglas does a pretty fair job explaining profiling. But this piece is more story driven then really the nuts and bolts of what profiling is really about. I just finished a great cop book called "BOOT: An LAPD Officer's Rookie Year", by Dunn. I recommend it.
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Summary: An excellent choice for the true crime fan
Review: John Douglas's insight into the minds of these criminals is so uncanny, it makes me glad that he's on our side. I highly recommend this book and his others, all of which I have read to anyone who is interested in true crime and in particular, serial murder.
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Summary: GREAT, IF NOT A BIT SCARY.
Review: (this review is about the audiobook)this book was top of the line, but also hard to hear. he does not play around trying to go easy with you. he tells you what real crime is like, not what we see on TV or in the movies. he wants you to know what he had to go up against while at the FBI and it ain't pretty. it's sometimes down right scary to hear or read but it's real life. also i want to talk about some reviews on here talking about his ego. those on here who are whining about him having a ego sound like in there reviews to have a bigger ego then any he might have. hearing how the path in his life unfolded to what he became was very insightful to hear. i wanted to know what lead to someone ending up in the line of work he got. it's hard to read or hear, and even harder to forget the warnings in this book he gives us, & the very useful tips he gives to keep ourselfs safe. i've got the audio's of most of his books there all very good.
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