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Cold north killers : Canadian serial murder / Lee Mellor.

Mellor, Lee, 1982- (Author).

Summary:

There are more than 60 serial murderers in Canadian history. For too long awareness of serial murder in Canada has been confined to West Coast butcher Clifford Olson and the "Schoolgirl Murderers" Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, along with the horrific acts of pig farmer Robert Pickton. Unlike our American neighbours, Canada has been viewed as a nation untouched by the shadow of multiple murder. Then came Colonel Russell Williams and his bizarre homicides and serial home invasions, which were sensational news worldwide on the Internet and television and in scores of newspapers and magazines.

Record details

ISBN: 9781459701243 (sc.) :
ISBN: 1459701240 (sc.)
Physical Description: 470 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
Edition: Print.
Publisher: Toronto : Dundurn, c2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Mar 12 Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [448]-460) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Right Under Our Noses: Colonel Russell Williams and the Writing of This Book, Part 1 -- Part A : Introducing The Canadian Serial Killer -- 1. The First Canadian Serial Killers -- 2. Nature, Nurture, or Neither? -- 3. Modus Operandi and Signature -- 4. Victimology -- Right Under Our Noses: Colonel Russell Williams and the Writing of This Book, Part 2 -- Part B: Taxonomy of The Canadian Serial Killer -- 5. Organized/Disorganized/Mixed -- 6. The Visionary Killer -- 7. The Missionary Killer -- 8. The Hedonist-Comfort Killer: Black Widows, Bluebeards, and Baby Farmers -- 9. The Hedonist-Lust Killer -- 10. The Hedonist-Thrill Killer -- 11. The Power/Control Killer -- 12. The Angel of Death -- Right Under Our Noses: Colonel Russell Williams and the Writing of This Book, Part 3 -- Part C: Catching Serial Killers in Canada -- 13. New Technologies: Offender Profiling -- 14. New Technologies: DNA -- 15. Canadian Forensic Innovations -- Right Under Our Noses: Colonel Russell Williams and the Writing of this Book, Part 4 -- Part D. Outrage And Controversy -- 16. Canada's Most Dangerous Profession -- 17. Negligence: When the System Fails -- 18. Conclusion. Some of the killers or murder locations discussed in this book: Edward Rulloff ; Clifford Olson ; William Fyfe ; Toronto's gay village murders ; Allan Legere ; Highway of tears ; Donald Armstrong ; Melissa Ann Friedrich ; Paul Bernardo ; Robert Pickton ; Hemlock Valley murders ; Calgary prostitute murders ; Karla Homolka.
Target Audience Note:	All Ages.