The Monsters We Make
Violence, Obsession, and Ourselves
$26.52
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
24 December 2026
Summary
Criminal profiling—the delicate art of collecting and deciphering the psychological “fingerprints” of the monsters among us—holds an almost mythological status in pop culture. But what exactly is it, does it work, and why is the American public so entranced by it? What do we gain, and endanger, from studying why people commit murder? In The Monsters We Make, author Rachel Corbett explores how criminal profiling became one of society’s most seductive and quixotic undertakings through …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781324131786 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1324131780 |
| Author: | Rachel Corbett |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 24 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 193g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 140mm x 211mm |
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Critics Review
“Fascinating… We’re all now aware of criminal profiling, thanks to the likes of Silence of the Lambs and Mindhunter, but how does it really work? Corbett casts an entertainingly critical eye over the practice, taking us through a variety of case studies.” – Neil Armstrong - Daily Mail
Rachel Corbett
Rachel Corbett is the author of You Must Change Your Life, which won the Marfield Prize, the National Award for Arts Writing. She is a features writer at New York magazine, and her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, and The Atlantic. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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