John Douglas is a respected law enforcement officer. Many will recall his name from the Nexflix series Mindhunter (another book I'll review soon). What we consider the psychology of a criminal or serial killer, Douglas and his team at Quantico studied first. However, I'm sure you know all this, but what you may not know is some of the details of the more famous crimes in US history.
West Memphis Three. Amanda Knox. JonBenet Ramsey. These cases are famous in the American psyche, but Douglass gives us what we may not know because of how the media will portray the story. These are not the only case studies in this book, others are just as thrilling. Douglas opens the secret cupboard and shows us that mistakes are made in homicide cases, especially when the case involves the death of a child. Emotions run high and sometimes an innocent man is sent to prison.
I love the candid nature of this book. As human, we tend to hide our mistakes and defend our false assumptions, Douglas and Olshaker don't, to put it simply, and that is refreshing-- if tragic-- in the out come.
