The Killers Among Us: An Examination of Serial Murder and Its Investigation (1998), Prentice-Hall, Inc. by Steven A. Egger, $19.95 trade paperback

The book provides the reader with an overview of the phenomenon of serial homicide in Part 1 by addressing definitions, motivational theories, who these killers are, the victims of serial killers, and serial murder as a media growth industry. In discussing the victims Egger describes the victims of serial killers as the "Less-Dead" since they were less-alive - coming from marginal group of our society such as vagrants, migrant workers, prostitutes, runaway children, homeless, homosexuals, and hospital patients. Part II present four case studies fo John W. Gacy, Henry Lee Lucas, Ted Bundy, and the Hillside Stranglers with concluding chapter on comparing these four killers. Part III deals with the investigation of serial murder and discusses the problems of serial murder investigation followed by an explanation of fourteen different police responses to serial murder. In highlighting the major problems in investigating a serial murder Egger places "linkage Blindness" as the number one problem. Linkage blindness is the lack of sharing of information on unsolved homicide between police jurisdictions frequently leaving the police blind to patterns of the killings across jurisdictions. Part IV of the book discusses the future of research into serial murder, the future of serial murder investigation, and an extensive case study of Jeffrey Dahmer.

Professor & Criminologist Criminal Justice Program College of Public Affairs & Administration, PAC 483 University of Illinois at Springfield P.O. Box 19243 Springfield, Illinois 62794-7279 (217) 206-7784, Fax (217) 206 7279 email egger@uis.edu

Whoever Fights Monsters - Robert K. Ressler, Tom Snatchman

8 pages of pictures My personal favorite. An excellent book for those interested in serial killers, the FBI, profiling, general information, criminal phsychology (criminology), evaluating crime scenes, + more. It is well written, and simple to understand, and yet it is one of the best sources of information written.

341 pages Its name tells it all. It is an encyclopedia of serial killers. It also has information about some subject pertaining to serial killers. Such as: profiling, pyromania, spree killers, fantasies, history, FBI, fan clubs, trading card, + more...Another excellent source of information.

Serial Killers - Time-Life Books

192 pages, Fully Illistrated, Color Another of my personal favorites. Includes: a 42-page biography on Ted Bundy, a 43-page biography on John Gacy, a 36-page biography on Dennis Nilson, a 31-page biography on David Berkowitz, and 1-2 page biographies on: Gilles De Rais, Jack the Ripper, Herman Mudget, Peter Kurten, Albert Fish, Joe Ball, William Heirens, Ed Gein, Albert DeSalvo, Jerry Brudos, Juan Corona, Dean Corll, Larry Eyler, and Richard Ramirez. Serial Killers also contains many quotes, MANY rare pictures (color and b/w), and is written very professionally which keeps you reading.

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