The Killers Among Us: An Examination of Serial Murder and Its Investigation Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	The Serial Murder Phenomenon
1	Serial Murder	3
2	Why Do They Kill and Kill and Kill?	15
3	They Are All Around Us	38
4	Victims: The "Less-Dead"	74
5	Serial Murder: A Growth Industry	85
Pt. II	Case Studies of Serial Killers
6	John Wayne Gacy: Case Study	95
7	Henry Lee Lucas: Case Study	115
8	Kenneth Bianchi: Case Study	128
9	Theodore Robert Bundy: Case Study	143
10	Cross-Case Analysis: Similarities of Four Serial Killers	167
Pt. III	The Investigation of Serial Murder
11	Problems in Investigating Serial Murder	177
12	Different Police Strategies to Serial Murder	199
Pt. IV	The Future
13	Future of the Phenomenon	243
14	Future Investigation of Serial Murder: Recommendations	247
15	Jeffrey Dahmer and Beyond	250
	References	266
	App. A: Case Study Source Material	276
App. B	Sources for Jeffrey Dahmer Case Study	281
	Index	285
	Author Index	293