Spree Killers - 9781032086903

Taylor & Francis

Spree KillersPractical Classifications for Law Enforcement and Criminology\nAuthor(s): Mark Safarik, Katherine Ramsland\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9781032086903, 978-1032086903\nSynopsis\nSpree Killers: Practical Classifications for Law Enforcement and Criminology is the only exhaustive, up-to-date analytical book on spree killers, standing apart from those dedicated to mass murderers and serial killers.\n\nMulticides have traditionally been categorized as double, triple, mass, serial and spreewhile, mass and serial have been further divided into subcategories. Spree killing, which involves the killing of at least three persons at two or more locations due to a precipitating incident that fuels the urge to kill, remains a poorly defined concept. In the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) eliminated this term from its multicide nomenclature in 2005, but the authors examination of 359 cases .