Using Murder

In the last decade, serial murder has become a source of major concern for law enforcement agencies, while the serial killer has attracted widespread interest as a villain in popular culture

Philip Jenkins

Contents: 1. The construction of problems and panics 2. The reality of serial murder 3. The role of the Justice Department 4. Popular culture: images of the serial killer 5. Serial murder as modern mythology 6, The social critique the kind of society we have now 7. Everyman: serial murder as 'femicide' 8. The racial dimension: serial mider as bias crime 9. A homosexual who could strikie again 10. Darker than we imagine: cults and conspiracies 11. Conclusion: making and establishing claims