Douglas must have been a riveting instructor at Quantico. He can explain the differences among serial and spree killers and mass murderers, among arsonists and bombers, among the many criminals we ignore until they do too much damage too close to home, in language the layperson can understand. He peppers his "lectures" with enough real cases to keep our attention–real cases, after all, are the reason a reader chooses a book by John Douglas instead of a novel. Douglas's supposed arrogance aside, he tells a darn good story.

Another great book by John Douglas the FBI profiler.

Read All Book Reviews of "The Anatomy of Motive The FBIs Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals"

Written by guy who worked in Behavioral Science in FBI. Nonfiction study of why criminals do what they do.

interesting

This is an awesome book if you like true crime and are interested in how the FBI comes up with profiles of different types of criminals.

From legendary FBI profiler John Douglas and Mark Olshaker-authors of the nonfiction international bestsellers Mindhunter, Journey into Darkness, and Obsession -- comes an unprecedented, insightful look at the root of all crime.

Every crime is a mystery story with a motive at its heart. With the brilliant insight he brought to his renowned work inside the FBI's elite serial-crime unit, John Douglas pieces together motives behind violent sociopathic behavior. He not only takes us into the darkest recesses of the minds of arsonists, hijackers, bombers, poisoners, assissins, serial killers, and mass murderers, but also the seemingly ordinary people who suddenly kill their families or go on a rampage in the workplace.

Douglas identifies the antisocial personality, showing surprising similarities and differences among variouis types of deadly offenders. He also tracks the progressive escalation of those criminals' sociopathic behavior. His analysis of such diverse killers as Lee Harvey Oswald, Theodore Kaczynski, and Timothy McVeigh is gripping, but more importantly, helps us learn how to anticipate potential violent behavior beore it's too late.

Read All Book Reviews of "The Anatomy of Motive The FBIs Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals"