Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers, and Other Deviants Paperback – Illustrated, August 1, 2010

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I recommend this book for anyone who has seen the tv show and is interested in learning about how it relates to real life. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and the explanations of how the criminals seen on the show are sometimes based on real criminals. In the end of the book, there is also information about real Fbi agents and jobs for people who are interested in someday working for the Fbi, like me. This is a really great book, but it does contain violent descriptions and this should be considered when purchasing for younger readers.

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Great book, and I like the way the TV show, was worked intothe stories of these infamous Serial Killers.It is a Who's-Who of this Dark Side of Our Society, and a veryscary one at that.Most Serial Killers are either Sociopaths or Psychopaths, andmost have an enormous ego.And if average Americans knew just how many Serial Killers,we have running around in our fair streets, it would indeed causea panic.Do you have a Serial Killer in your city or state?I do.....He kills hookers, and his AO is from Georgia to Maryland, around I 95.He has been adding to his body count since the 1980's.What makes people Serial Killers and why, you ask.....To find that out, the FBI created it's vaunted BAU, and profilingbegan.The MSM, likes to give these killers Nick Names, something theBAU frowns upon.That ego thing again, do not give the Serial Killer any more press.Serial Killers, cover just about all areas and kinks, and are very good atblending in, for awhile.They can be......Solo KillersSexual KillersFamous People KillersCannibal KillersTraveling KillersFemale KillersFamily Killers......Read the book, and get a good look into theirCriminal Minds.

I stumbled across this ebook because of the show criminal minds. I thought the idea of knowing more about all the serial killers in the show would be funny and interesting.After reading it I can say: we truly live in a disgusting world!But aside from that, I had hoped that there would be more reference to the show itself, maybe a real profiling of the serial killers in it.This book mostly just mentions that the BAU take serial killer X as an example for something and then the reference to the show is done. It explains a lot about the life of the offender and how many people he killed in which ways, but there isn't really that much about the show. Every now and then you'll see a picture taken from the show, mainly showing the team.I gave it 4 stars because the book itself is quite informative and interesting though most of the time you'll be disgusted by all the al cases.

Great read. Highly recommend for criminal mind and true crime fans

This book doesn't really talk a lot about the actual show, just says how some of the fictional criminals in the show are based off real life serial killers, and then explains the real life serial killer in more detail. So I don't recommend this book if you're wanting to read strictly about the show.It talked about all different kinds of crimes and all types of criminals. Rape, kidnap, torture, cannibalism, arsenals, bombers, taking hostages, etc. It didn't just talk about adult killers either, but also child killers. It gives details of the crimes which are often very sickening, but sometimes when reading about their lives, especially if their childhood is mentioned, its hard not to feel sympathetic.The only thing that disappointed me was that I found out that the BAU team in Criminal Minds is way more badass than real life FBI agents. I guess I should of figured that, though. If you like reading about criminals/serial killers, then you should definitely check out this book.

I really liked this book, except for the very last chapter that describes what real profilers actually do. If you like the show, don't read the very last chapter; it will spoil the show.The writer was great with the details of the killers and very respectful to the reader (there is a chapter about children that are murdered and the author does NOT go into the detail of their deaths. I found that comforting because I didn't want to know what happened to children).I suggest reading it if you like the show OR if you want a non-fiction about serial killers.