Questions and Answers About Murder

By David Lester

At last, a practical reference book on how, why and in what circumstances one persons takes the life of another. David Lester, world-renowned authority on murder, answers the questions most often... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0914783467
• ISBN13: 9780914783466
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: The Charles Press, Publishers
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating, enlightening & easy-to-access information

The result of a world-wide study, this practical reference answers questions about how, why and in what circumstances one person takes the life of another. Dr. David Lester, world-renowned authority on murder, answers the questions most often asked of him about murder and murderers. Together, his answers provide a broad overview of what is currently known about this ubiquitous crime and those who commit it. Includes more than 100 questions with detailed answers and references. This book will be of interest to a wide readership: students of law and professionals in law enforcement, psychology and criminal justice as well as those just interested and curious about murder.

Researching Q's & A's About Murder

As I embarked on writng my own True Crime book, I ended up asking more questions than my book was going to answer. I turned to David's book for help.Q & A had actually answered questions I didn't even know I wanted to know! I was especially pleased to see that my own country was low on the list of nations whose people murder infants.David draws parts of his book on statistics, which is dry, but very interesting. I am not sure how he could have done better than he has. He is thorough in his answers, however, and that is what someone researching needs. We don't want anecdotes or other storie and examples; we want facts. If you are studying law, criminal anything, police, crime writing (fiction especially!) or anything else related to murder and answers about it, this is the book you need to read.