Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI (St. Martin's True Crime Library)

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Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
by Robert K. Ressler, Thomas Schachtman
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Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Fact Corrections and Updates for WHOEVER FIGHTS MONSTERS
  I have nothing to add to all the other reviews about Ressler's tone (yes, a bit self-congratulatory at times; but he's a bit entitled) or the other issues which have been raised. What I *can* add is a list of corrections and updates, in hopes some else gets some use out of them. Some are serious, some minor, and some reflect the passage of time since 1992 (executions, or better DNA analysis, etc.)
  A. pp.21-22, neither a correction nor an update, but a bit of trivia. Ressler talks about being nine years... more info

• The experiences of a profiler.
  "Whoever Fights Monsters" by Robert Ressler can be summed up with a quote from page 125.
  "Every ounce of information we can extract from a killer about his mind and methods gives us more ammunition to track the next one."
  Mr. Ressler chronicles his career with the military and eventually the FBI.
  He is credited with coining the term "serial killer" and he gives the meaning and origin of the term.
  In the book the author documents the start of profiling and his unsanctioned venture into... more info

• A chilling, concise skeleton key to understanding serial murder
  In response to Michael J. Tresca's review, wherein he states:
  "Alas, truth is stranger than fiction, and the tales Ressler tells are positively awful. There' just one problem: we've heard all of this before.
  Where? That'd be "Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit," by John E. Douglas, a man I can only assume was Ressler's protégé. It's a bit murky as to their relationship (the two reference each other, but not often)."
  ...it should be noted that Mindhunter came... more info

• Whoever Fights Monsters
  Although written in 1992 this work outlines the evolution of the VICAP program from concept through to implementation. It provides a hands-on insight into law enforcement's commitment to track and categorise violent criminal behavior. An interesting read.

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