The Killer Sitting Opposite Me (translated Documentary)
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About This Novel
The Killer Sitting Across Me is a book about the mindset of a violent criminal. Studying the minds of violent criminals has been the cornerstone of Douglas's twenty-five years as an FBI agent, psychological profiler, and criminal investigation analyst, and what he has done since retiring from the FBI. Conversation is the source of everything, the beginning of psychological portraits, and the starting point for everything that follows. All the knowledge gained by psychological profilers, all the conclusions drawn, the Crime Classification Manual created, the murderers assisted in the capture and prosecution, it all started by sitting across from the killer and asking about their life. The purpose of the inquiry is to understand what drove them to take the life of another person or many people. The four killers mentioned in the book are all different, each with their own unique modus operandi, motivations and psychological makeup. Some of their victims were just one, while others were as many as nearly a hundred. The contrast between them is intriguing and compelling. Through a series of these interviews, Douglas and his colleagues developed a rigorous analysis that connected the crime to what the offender was actually thinking at the time of the crime, answering the age-old question: "What kind of person could do this?"
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