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JANET McCLELLAN RETURNS! Serial Killer Expert has new book!

 

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Three specifically flawed stereotypes surround our perceptions of serial killings and serial murder: (1) that the killing is almost always a White male, (2) that African-American men rarely commit serial murder and (3) that those who commit serial murder are psychologically complex and  intelligent therefore able to escape capture by law enforcement. The latter stereotype tends to be biased and at worst, racist suggesting that African Americans are not sufficiently intelligent or psychologically complex enough to commit such crimes of stealth, plan their offenses and escape apprehension. African-American serial killers are less reported in the media particularly when their victims are other African-Americans. The lack of reporting, examination, and comprehension of African-American serial homicide murderers is prejudicial to the victims and potential victims.

 Investigators and criminologists over the years have developed profiles for serial killers that enable law enforcement to apprehend serial killers and bring them to justice. The book argues that contemporary patterns neglect a significant portion of all serial killers, specifically, African American serial killers. The lack of accuracy and portrayal in the research and information shared by law enforcement can create an unintentional bias and can hamper the investigation and apprehension of African American serial murderers. 

 Precious little research exists into the examination of how profiles and typologies developed and how practical their use is in identifying and capturing killers. Through the analysis of selected case studies of African-American serial homicide offenders, the book examines how useful the profiles and typologies are for the homicide investigator by providing the first focused study of non-White serial murderers. The paper identifies and analyzes a significantly neglected population of serial murderers, African-American serial murderers, examines current profiling techniques and their ability to provide for the satisfactory and practical application to investigations, and identifies unique profiling questions that might help in the investigative processes and practices in serial murders whether committed by African-Americans or other non-White offenders. Case examples are provided to underscore the problems of current profiling methods and to illustrate the extent of African American serial homicide offending.   

 

The book is available through Barnes & Nobel in both e-book form and paperback. The ISBN of the paperback is 9781987015003. The e-book is in their Nook section. .

 

Included in the book are data associated with African American serial murder in the US,  a significant number of profiles (brief and extensive) of known African American serial murderers and an in-depth examination of the Wayne Williams case (problems and errors associated as well). 

 

I have long considered the study of African American serial murderers as the "neglected profile" that has allowed the perpetuation of racial stereotypes that endanger potential victims and the escape of the offenders. 

Excellent new books in time for Holiday Gift Giving

Just in time to thrill and delight the remaining literate members of your extended family -- a hot new release by Henry Cordes and Todd Cooper :Pathological.  Praised as one of the best written true crime books since..well...since Burl Barer wrote one.

Detective Derek Mois wasn’t sure what he was dealing with when in March 2008 he walked into a home in an affluent Omaha neighborhood and was confronted with the bodies of an 11-year-old boy and the housekeeper. Both had been murdered with kitchen knives plunged into their throats. Who would do something so vile, and why? Lacking answers, Mois and other detectives working the case were stumped.Five years later, a strikingly similar crime occurred in which two more victims were brutally murdered with knives expertly thrust into their jugular veins. The modus operandi of the murders pointed Mois and a special task force in the direction of looking for a serial killer. But no one could have anticipated that path would lead to the Department of Pathology at Creighton University.

Pathological was released just this week from Wild Blue Press in paperback, ebook and no doubt an audiobook as well.  You can stuff a stocking , rip a bodice  or whatever form of delivery pleases your personal proclivities

Dr. Scot Bonn, former NBC executive turned sociologist whose master's thesis: Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the American Invasion of Iraq (or something like that) won him praise from scholars and highly disciplined social researchers, and rude insults from people who didn't read the book and imagined it was a partisan political tract.  His life and career has endured numerous plot twists, including back injuries, trips to China and finding true love. He also became a novelist using his knowledge of true crime, media and research. His first venture into fact-based fiction is awaiting to thrill you this happy holiday season: 

EVIL GUARDIAN :  Charles Lundquist is chaplain at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in Westchester County, New York, located forty-five miles northwest of Manhattan. He is also a serial killer who preys on teenage girls. Lundquist is a cold-blooded psychopath who calls his murderous alter ego the guardian because he believes that he is serving God and protecting innocent females from evil by killing them. Ironically, he loves to kill.  Well everyone needs a hobby.

Hopefully one or more of these hot authors will join us Saturday live on TCU.

 

MIKE MORFORD , author and podcaster LIVE Saturday 2pm PT

Mike Morford and his partner Mike Ferguson have their own very popular true crime podcast and two great books from Wild Blue Press — The Case of the Zodiac Killer, and The Case of the Golden State Killer.

I n Northern California, he was known as the East Area Rapist. In Southern California, he was called the Original Night Stalker. When his crimes all over California were finally connected, he would become known as the Golden State Killer, and by 1986, he had racked up a staggering tally of over 100 home break-ins or burglaries, 50 or more rapes, and at least 12 murders.  Don’t invite him over. 

Mike M. joins us this Saturday to explain the origin of the universe, who killed whom, and how cool is their podcast!

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Fatal Beauty -- To Hell and Back Writing True Crime. Burl Barer shares the process.

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My previous true crime books for Kensington's Pinnacle True Crime imprint detailed the misdeeds of blue collar psychopaths and working class villains. The economy of America changed, and times were tough.  True crime readers wanted to read about rich people doing very bad things.  "Don't write another book with blue collar protagonists," advised my editor at Kensington. "Your assignment is to find rich people, good looking rich people. Lots of sex, drugs and if possible, a wood chipper."

 

I didn't find the wood chipper, but thanks to Suzy Spencer, I found the story of Jimmy Joste and Rhonda Glover -- a true Texas power couple of wealth, avarice, eroticism and drug fueled madness.  Finding the story isn't the same as writing the book.  Throwing myself into this project challenged me more than any book I've ever written until the day Michaela Hamilton, chief executive editor of Kensington Publishing Group said to me, "You're drowning in this manuscript, aren't you?"

If you ever wanted to be a true crime writer. this the show that tells you how it's done and how you can keep from drowning in your manuiscript.  

 

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