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4 reviews for:
Dark Dreams: Sexual Violence, Homicide and the Criminal Mind
Stephen G. Michaud, Roy Hazelwood
3.72 AVERAGE
4 reviews for:
Dark Dreams: Sexual Violence, Homicide and the Criminal Mind
Stephen G. Michaud, Roy Hazelwood
3.72 AVERAGE
dark
informative
medium-paced
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
I am interested in criminal profiling and always have been. Specifically, I am interested in the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI. This book is written by one of the founders of that unit and in it are highlighted some memorable cases. The good thing is that an aspect of a sexual crime is mentioned, briefly explained, and given an example. I enjoyed this approach because it made it easier to learn the basics of criminal profiling. In particular, I like to read about the steps used in profiling. This is a good book to read if you're into these sorts of things. I highly recommend it.
This is my first real experience with true crime, read on a recommendation, and I really enjoyed this.
The writing was informative and educational while still being very accessible to someone like myself whose knowledge of the topic comes pretty exclusively from fictional television programs and films. I feel like I learned a lot about the people who commit the most heinous of rapes and murders. I feel like it gave me a lot new information on the professionals who study these crimes, how they study them, and just how these criminals think. I enjoyed a more in depth analysis of profiling, which is something I knew about before, as well as more information on equivocal death analysis and linkage analysis which were types of analyses that I hadn't been familiar with.
I also really enjoyed the case studies of crimes that I was very familiar with, like the Jack the Ripper killings, and the crimes I was not as familiar with. I also liked how Hazelwood and Michaud connected things that these lesser known killers and rapists did to more well known criminals, like Ted Bundy or John Wayne Gacy, which made it feel a bit more accessible.
I have been interested in crimes of these nature, but I've typically only read articles on the topic, and not usually anything meant to inform the reader on the actual studies of these crimes and criminals. I've mostly read articles about what happened, who was involved, and so on. It was a nice change of pace to read a full length work that gave much more in depth information.
While overall this was a disturbing read, it was quite good and I would recommend it to anyone interested in the topic. I am very interested in reading more true crime in the future, I feel like this was a good introduction to the genre.
The writing was informative and educational while still being very accessible to someone like myself whose knowledge of the topic comes pretty exclusively from fictional television programs and films. I feel like I learned a lot about the people who commit the most heinous of rapes and murders. I feel like it gave me a lot new information on the professionals who study these crimes, how they study them, and just how these criminals think. I enjoyed a more in depth analysis of profiling, which is something I knew about before, as well as more information on equivocal death analysis and linkage analysis which were types of analyses that I hadn't been familiar with.
I also really enjoyed the case studies of crimes that I was very familiar with, like the Jack the Ripper killings, and the crimes I was not as familiar with. I also liked how Hazelwood and Michaud connected things that these lesser known killers and rapists did to more well known criminals, like Ted Bundy or John Wayne Gacy, which made it feel a bit more accessible.
I have been interested in crimes of these nature, but I've typically only read articles on the topic, and not usually anything meant to inform the reader on the actual studies of these crimes and criminals. I've mostly read articles about what happened, who was involved, and so on. It was a nice change of pace to read a full length work that gave much more in depth information.
While overall this was a disturbing read, it was quite good and I would recommend it to anyone interested in the topic. I am very interested in reading more true crime in the future, I feel like this was a good introduction to the genre.