Contents: Introduction: The Study of Serial Murder: Cultural Overview: Herostratus, Jean-Paul Sartre; Son of Cain or Son of Sam? The monster as serial killer in Beowulf, Brian Meehan; Towards an historical sociology of multiple murder, Elliott Leyton. Origins of the Impulse: A study of serial murder, Constance McKenzie; Serial Murderers: early proposed development model and typology, Nancy L. Ansevics and Harold E. Doweiko; Detective magazines: pornography for the sexual sadist, Park Elliott Dietz, Bruce Harry and Robert R. Hazelwood; Adolescents' motivations for viewing graphic horror, Deirdre D. Johnston; Ideological homicide, R.S. Ratner. Criminological Analysis: A murder 'wave': trends in American serial homicide 1940-1990, Philip Jenkins; Serial murder in England 1940-1985, Philip Jenkins; Are serial killers special?, David Canter, Christopher Missen and Samantha Hodge; Multiple murder: a review, David M. Gresswell and Clive R. Hollin; Assessment of PTSD symptoms in a community exposed to serial murder, Michael J. Herkov and Monica Biernat. Psychiatric Diagnosis and the Law: American psychiatry and the criminal: a historical review, Seymour Halleck; The insanity plea: a futile defense for serial killers, Anne C. Gresham; Contributions of psychiatric consultation in the investigation of serial murder, John A. Liebert; The sexually sadistic killer and his offenses, Park Elliott Dietz, Robert R. Hazelwood and Janet Warren. Psychological Perspectives: A study of William Heirens, Foster Kennedy, Harry R. Hoffman and William H. Haines; The Bianchi (L.A. Hillside Strangler) case: sociopath or multiple personality?, John G. Watkins; Difficulties diagnosing the multiple personality syndrome in a death penalty case, Ralph B. Allison; On the differential diagnosis of multiple personality in the forensic context, Martin T. Orne, David F. Dinges and Emily Carota Orne; Towards a new methodology for making sense of case material: an illustrative case involving attempted m
