Inside Their Minds: Australian criminals
By (Author) Rochelle Jackson
Allen & Unwin
Allen & Unwin
1st September 2011
Australia
General
Non Fiction
Criminal or forensic psychology
364.3
Paperback
256
Width 128mm, Height 198mm
246g
He is 29 years old and commits his horrendous crime alone. He is an underachiever, unskilled, doesn't have a regular job and he is now a mass murderer. What made Martin Bryant go on a brutal killing spree at Port Arthur taking the lives of 35 people Working with a leading Australian forensic psychologist, investigative journalist Rochelle Jackson takes us deep into the minds of eight of the country's most notorious criminals: serial killer Ivan Milat; female sex offender Karen Ellis; serial arsonist Peter Burgess; armed robber and escapee Brenden Abbott; child killer Kathleen Folbigg; murderer Matthew Wales; and gangland warlord Carl Williams. She probes their motivations, delves deep into their pasts and unlocks the dark side of their humanity. Inside Their Minds is a penetrating, forensic and revealing investigation of the criminal mind.
Rochelle Jackson is the author of Billy 'The Texan' Longley.