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A Killer By Design by Ann Burgess


Should the names of killers be excluded so we don’t empower serial killers? In A Killer By Design by Ann Burgess, she makes a point that solving crimes is about the victim, not the killer.  I had read about Ann Burgess in John Douglas’Mind Hunter.   I did like 

John E. Douglas’ “Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit”.  I loved that A Killer by Design was from Ann’s perspective.  The FBI unit relied on Ann’s research yet as a non-agent she had an interesting relationship with the agents.  Ann found “sexual violence was more about power and control than the act of sex itself.” She didn’t come to this all by herself and also gave credit to Candace Delong.  This book was hard to read at parts because it felt like the serial killers wanted to talk about the crimes, specifically their thoughts, actions, sexual preferences, likes, etc. It freaked me out how they were almost bragging.  While I enjoyed getting Ann’s point of view, it would have been great to have more about her.  I’m not sure I learned anything new, so if you haven’t read Mindhunter then you might enjoy reading this one more.  


⚠️: violence, graphic sexual assault, animal cruelty, child abuse, assault 

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