Incendiary : the psychiatrist, the mad bomber, and the invention of criminal profiling

Summary: Documents the nearly two-decade manhunt for a serial bomber in mid-twentieth-century New York, citing the contributions of police captain Howard Finney and psychiatrist James Brussel in developing investigative techniques that would shape new approaches in American law enforcement.

Record details

ISBN: 9781250048943
ISBN: 125004894X
Physical Description: print
ix, 289 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : Minotaur Books, [©2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-279) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue -- Angel of justice -- Bomb squad -- Mr. Think -- Reverse psychiatry -- Poplar Street -- Up from the streets -- The Paramount -- "It will be buttoned" -- "Keep out of this" -- The publisher -- The truce -- The dead files -- Fair play -- Interrogation -- The smiling avenger -- Mr. Death -- Matteawan -- Epilogue.