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83. Ibid.

  84. Durkheim, E. 1997. The Division of Labor in Society. New York: Free Press.

  85. Ibid.

  86. Herman, N.J. and Reynolds, L.T. 1994. Symbolic Interaction: An Introduction to Social Psychology. New York: Altamira Press.

  87. Ibid.

  88. Durkheim, E. 1938. The Rules of Sociological Method. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, p. 110.

  89. Durkheim, The Division of Labor in Society.

  90. Durkheim, E. 1951. Suicide: A Study in Sociology. Glencoe, IL: Free Press, p. 48.

  91. Ibid, p. 145.

  92. Ibid.

  93. Orcutt, J.D. 1983. Analyzing Deviance. Homewood, IL: Dorsey Press.

  94. Durkheim, Suicide, p. 254.

  95. Ibid, p. 247.

  96. Orcutt, Analyzing Deviance.

  97. Durkheim, Suicide.

  98. Ibid.

  99. Ibid.

  100. Berger, P.L. and Luckmann, T. 1966. The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge. New York: Anchor Books.

  101. Cohen, S. 1972. Folk Devils and Moral Panics: The Creation of the Mods and Rockers. London: MacGibbon and Kee Ltd., p. 9.

  102. Goode, E. and Ben-Yehuda, N. 1994. Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, p. 41.

  103. Tuchman, G. 1978. Making News: A Study in the Social Construction of Reality. New York: Free Press.

  104. Bromley, D.G., Shupe, A.D., Jr. and Ventimiglia, J.C. 1979. “Atrocity tales, the Unification Church and the social construction of evil.” Journal of Communication, 29 (3), p. 43.

  105. Bonn, S.A. 2010. Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the US War on Iraq. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

  106. Erikson, K.T. 1966. Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance. New York: John Wiley & Sons, p. 5.

  107. Kottler, S.A. 2010. The Lust for Blood: Why We Are Fascinated by Death, Murder, Horror, and Violence. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books.

  108. Ibid, pp. 123–4.

  109. Vasquez, A. 2010. “Enjoying depictions of serial killers or other dangerous criminals is not out of the ordinary, according to professors.” Vidette Online. April 13. Retrieved http://www.videtteonline.com/index.php/2010/04/13/fascination-with-criminal-activities-not-uncommon/

  110. Ibid.

  111. Hanson, H. 2012. “Murderabilia has Andy Kahan, victim advocate, up in arms.” The Huffington Post. Oct. 6. Retrieved http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/06/murderabilia-andy-kahan_n_1919258.html

  112. Ng, C. 2011. “The business of ‘murderabilia’: Websites selling murder memorabilia.” ABC News, Nov. 7. Retrieved http://abcnews.go.com/US/business-murderabilia-websites-selling-murder-memorabilia/story?id=14896607

  113. Ibid.

  114. Ibid.

  115. Hanson, “Murderabilia has Andy Kahan, victim advocate, up in arms.”

  116. Hudson, D.L. 2004. “Son of Sam laws.” First Amendment Center. June 4. Retrieved http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/son-of-sam-laws

  117. Ibid.

  118. Ibid.

  119. Ibid.

  120. Ibid.

  121. Ibid.

  122. Ng, “The business of ‘murderabilia.’”

  123. Kovaleski, “Backers give ‘Son of Sam’ image makeover.”

  124. Ibid.

  125. Durkheim, Suicide.

  126. Warwick, A. 2006. “The scene of the crime: Inventing the serial killer.” Social & Legal Studies, 15, p. 553.

  127. Stratton, J. 1996. “Serial killing and the transformation of the social.” Theory, Culture and Society, 13, p. 91.

  128. Grixti, J. 1995. “Consuming cannibals: Psychopathic killers as archetypes and cultural icons.” Journal of American Culture, 18 (1), p. 87.

  129. Warwick, “The scene of the crime,” p. 567.

  130. Erikson, Wayward Puritans, p. 11.

  131. Warwick, “The scene of the crime,” pp. 561–2.

  132. Anders, C.J. 2011. “Why do we want to feel sorry for monsters that scare us?” i09.com Retrieved http://io9.com/5851413/why-do-we-want-to-feel-sorry-for-monsters-that-scare-us

  133. Ibid.

  134. Ibid.

  135. Oleson, J.C. 2006. King of killers: The criminological theories of Hannibal Lecter, Part 1.” Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, 13 (1), p. 130.

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  INDEX

  A Nightmare on Elm Street 27

  Acid Bath Murderer 87

  Act-focused Killings 78–80

  Alexander, Travis 214

  Allen, Tobias 198, 209

  American Psychiatric Association

  (APA) 28, 41, 43, 52, 59, 71

  Anomie 10, 139, 144–146, 148–149, 152, 211, 212–213, 215–216, 228

  Antisocial Personality Disorders

  (ASPD) 9, 28, 38, 57, 59–60, 70–72, 73, 128–130, 182

  Arias, Jodi 214

  Travis Alexander 214

  Arsenic and Old Lace 90

  Atascadero State Hospital 165

  Atrocity tales 155, 162, 163–164, 167, 175, 195, 229

  Attica Correctional Facility 103–104, 108–109

  Babiak, Dr. Paul 62, 63

  Band, Dr. Stephen 53

  Barthelemy, Melissa 35

  Bates, Norman 219

  Batman 7, 12

  Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) 42, 53, 87

  Beltway Sniper Attacks 13

  Muhammad, John Allen 13

  Malvo, Lee Boyd 13

  Berkowitz, David xiii, xix, 4, 29, 34–35, 75, 79, 87, 97–114, 115, 122, 131, 150, 175–176, 181, 203, 208, 215–216, 224–225

  Beth Nimmo 112

  Betty Falco 98, 100

  Daniel Lefkowitz 111

  Donna Lauria 101

  Elliott Leyton 100

  Harvey, the Dog 79, 103, 106, 108

  Jimmy Breslin 101, 102

  Jody Valenti 101

  Joseph Borrelli 102, 112

  Joseph Coffey 112

  Joseph Kleinman 98, 100

  Michelle Forman 101

  Richard David Falco 98

  Robert Violante 103

  RoxAnne Tauriello xix, 105, 110–111

  Sam Carr 79, 103, 106

  Scott Welch 110

  Son of Sam ii, xvii, 4, 29, 34, 41, 79, 97–114, 131, 170, 177, 179, 181–182, 184, 193, 203–206, 208–209, 213, 215

  Stacy Moskowitz 103

  Summer of Sam 97, 216

  Tony Falco 99

  Berkowitz, Nathan 99

  Berkowitz, Pearl 99

  bin Laden, Osama 131

  Bind, Torture, Kill (BTK) ii, xvii, 15, 25–26, 30, 69, 115–135, 152, 170, 172, 175, 178–179, 182–184, 187, 213

  Black widow killer xiii, 77, 82, 90, 92

  Blackwood, Dr. Nigel 71

  Bluebeard wife killer 82

  Bohannon, Tod 207

  Bond, Dr. Thomas 38–39

  Borrelli, Joseph 102, 112

  Boston Strangler 40, 131, 177, 179, 182

  Breslin, Jimmy 101, 102

  Bright, Kathryn 120

  Bright, Kevin 120

  Brussel, Dr. James A. 39–40

  Buffalo Bill 6, 219

  Bundy, Ted xiii, xviii, 4–5, 8, 22, 24, 27, 32, 45–46, 61, 63, 65, 67–68, 75, 87–89, 122, 149, 151, 172, 187, 196, 197, 216, 221, 223, 228

  Bush, George W. 163–164

  Byrne, David 57

  Cannibalism xv, xvii, 4, 10, 20, 44, 81–82, 171, 174, 175, 219, 227

  Canter, Dr. David 50–52

  Carbone, Dave xix, 188

  Card, Orson Scott 69

  Andrew “Ender” Wiggin 69

  Ender’s Game 69

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p; Carr, Sam 79, 103, 106

  Carter, Jimmy 3

  The Castle 84

  Centre for Investigative Psychology 50–51

  Charlie Chop-off 46

  Cho, Seung-Hui 12

  Cleveland Strangler 22

  Co-ed Killer 25, 69, 87, 155, 164–167

  Coffey, Joseph 112

  Cohen, Stanley 158–160

  Coll, Vincent “Mad Dog” 14

  Collective consciousness 143, 147–148, 149, 152, 188, 211, 212–213, 215–216

  Columbine High School Massacre 111

  Darrell Scott 111–112

  Rachel Scott 111–112

  Comte, Auguste 156

  Conflict theory 141

  Contract killing 14, 17

  Cooling off period 6, 8, 11, 12, 14–15, 120, 132–133

  Corll, Dean 200, 207, 209

  Craiglist Killer 172

  Crime Action Profiling (CAP) 52–53

  Criminal Investigative Analysis

  (CIA) 37, 43–49, 49–50

  Criminal Minds xviii, 37, 188

  Criminal profiling i, 9, 37–55, 73, 74, 103, 139, 172

  Criminal Investigative Analysis

  (CIA) 37, 43–49, 49–50

  Csejte Castle 92

  CSI xviii, 37, 188

  Dahmer, Jeffrey xiii, xvii–xviii, 4–6, 8, 30, 33, 66, 81–82, 85, 87, 88, 127, 149, 171, 174–176, 196, 219–221

  Milwaukee Cannibal 174

  Davis, Dolores 123, 125

  De Burger, Dr. James 78, 86, 92

  de Ecsed, Elizabeth Báthory 92

  Csejte Castle 92

  Dexter xvii, 4, 195, 227

  Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of

  Mental Disorders (DSM-5) 59, 71

  Dietz, Paula 117

  Doctorow, E. L. 219

  Donovan, William J. “Wild Bill” 39

  Douglas, John 42, 89

  Durkheim, Emile 140, 142–148, 148–152, 156, 212–213, 222

  Egoism 144

  El Dorado Correctional Facility 71, 118, 126

  Ender’s Game 69

  Factor X 131

  Falco, Betty 98, 100

  Falco, Richard David 98

  Falco, Tony 99

  Fatalism 144

  Federal Bureau of Investigation

  (FBI) 3, 5, 6–7, 8, 9, 13, 18–19, 25, 28, 32, 33–34, 37–38, 42–43, 44, 47, 48, 49–50, 50–51, 52, 53–54, 59, 62–66, 70, 73, 75, 76–77, 79, 83, 87, 89, 104, 106, 129, 170, 171–172, 185, 194

  First Amendment 193, 203–206

  Folk devils 159–163, 169, 173, 179, 184–185, 211, 216, 221

 

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