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Taylor & Francis Ltd Spree Killers : Practical Classifications For Law Enforcement And Criminology by Katherine Ramsland
Spree Killers: Practical Classifications for Law Enforcement and Criminology is the only exhaustive, up-to-date analytical book on spree killers, standing apart from those dedicated to mass murderers and serial killers._x000D_
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Multicides have traditionally been categorized as double, triple, mass, serial and spree-while, mass and serial have been further divided into subcategories. Spree killing, which involves the killing of at least three persons at two or more locations due to a precipitating incident that fuels the urge to kill, remains a poorly defined concept. In the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) eliminated this term from its multicide nomenclature in 2005, but the authors examination of 359 cases involving 419 spree killers from 43 countries shows that not only is there enough diversity among spree killers to form classifications-similar to those devised for mass and serial-but also that subtypes offer distinct utility for identification, tracking, and warning potential targets.show more