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Obsession

The FBI's Legendary Profiler Probes the Psyches of Killers, Rapists, and Stalkers and Their Victims and Tells How to Fight Back

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Obsession

Written by: John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
Narrated by: John E. Douglas
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 In Obsession, John Douglas once again takes us fascinatingly behind the scenes, focusing his expertise on predatory crimes, primarily against women. With a deep sense of compassion for the victims and an uncanny understanding of the perpetrators, Douglas looks at the obsessions that lead to rape, stalking, and sexual murder through such cases as Ronnie Shelton, the serial rapist who terrorized Cleveland; and New York's notorious "Preppie Murder."

But Douglas also looks at obsession on the other side of the moral spectrum: his own career-long obsession with hunting these predators. Douglas shows us how we can all fight back and protect ourselves, our families, and loved ones against the scourge of the violent predators in our midst.

The first step is insight and understanding, and no one is better qualified to penetrate Obsession than John Douglas. Murder True Crime Crime Mental Health
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There's a computer generated female voice for some of the narration in here. It's a hard listen.
This is one of the weaker of Douglas's books. The telling of the crimes is a bit all over the place and it's two different people- but flows like it's one crime. I thought the book would focus on all aspects of the crimes but it really heavily focuses on rape which is a hard read. In addition, while I know he has the best intentions, the end of the book telling women how to not get raped is a bit much and outdated.

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