PART ONE: WHAT IS SERIAL MURDER? THE CHARACTER AND THE EXTENT
R Holmes and J DeBurger
Profiles in Terror
P Jenkins
African-Americans and Serial Homicide
R Hale and A Bolin
The Female Serial Killer
S Holmes, E Hickey and R Holmes
Female Serial Murderesses
PART TWO: THE MIND OF THE SERIAL KILLER
Introduction
R Hale
The Application of Learning Theory to Serial Murder or `You Too Can Learn to Be a Serial Killer'
A Carlisle
The Divided Self
Toward an Understanding of the Dark Side of the Serial Killer
R Holmes
Sequential Predation
Elements of Serial Fatal Victimization
R Holmes, J DeBurger and S Holmes
Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer
Anonymous
A Serial Killer's Perspective
PART THREE: INVESTIGATING SERIAL MURDER CASES
R Holmes
Stalking in America
Types and Methods of Criminal Stalkers
J Davis
Profiling the Clairemont Serial Murder Case
A Collaborative Investigative Effort
R Holmes
Psychological Profiling
Uses in Serial Murder Cases
D Rivers
Cold Case Squad
PART FOUR: FUTURE TRENDS IN SERIAL MURDER INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH
Introduction
K Rossmo
A Methodological Model
T O'Reilly-Fleming
Serial Murder Investigation
Prospects for Police Networking
R Holmes and S Holmes
Selected Problems in Serial Murder Investigations