Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Killer Across the Table by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

11 reviews

taylorlanxon's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Rape, Murder, Pedophilia, Torture, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Stalking

rose_poirot's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

3.5

John Douglas get into the horrible horrible things humans have done to each other but I believe he focuses on the narrative of stranger danger rather than the realities of most people being killed by someone they are close to. 

He does give merit to the tormented childhoods of many of the criminals he discusses. John lands on incarceration and ultimately the death penalty being the ideal outcome and spends little time focusing on intervention and policy or funding to provide services before these people get to the point of assault and murder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Racism, Animal death, and Violence

alyssa_s10's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Murder, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

dysgraceless's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Medical content, and Kidnapping

librarymouse's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.0

This was an interesting look into the work that's gone into linking the fields of criminal investigation and psychology/psychiatry. To have to pretend to empathize with murderers and violent criminals as a necessary part of one's job sounds incredibly draining. One of the hospitals mentioned in the section addressing the two killer nurses is familiar to me.  It was unsettling, though I guess my reaction points out the idea a lot of us live under, which is that violent crimes happen to other people in other place. It can't happen to us, or near where we feel safe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Body horror, Car accident, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical content, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Rape, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Addiction and Alcohol

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, and Torture

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Child abuse, Grief, Animal cruelty, Death, and Sexual violence

mrselaineskinner's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

3.5

I enjoyed this more than Mindhunter but Douglass frequently comes across as pompous and self-congratulatory.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Child death

laineybarbour's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Stalking

alisanti's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Murder, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Racism, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Drug use, Child abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Rape, Torture, Murder, and Abandonment

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Stalking, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, Medical content, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Incest, Hate crime, Homophobia, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Child death, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Animal death