This book revisits the life and crimes of Ted Bundy. It seeks to reconcile the contradictions and controversies about his life that underscore the broader US unsolved murder problem, one that is estimated at between 250,000 to 350,000 open, unresolved, or cold cases. The incidence of crime is far greater than is captured by official statistics; most offenses are never detected, a concept known as the dark figure of crime which is explored here. Drawing on 25 years of practitioner, research, and consultant experiences with the most violent criminals, this book offers solutions toward clearing the current backlog of unsolved murders in the United States many of which were never reported and disproportionately perpetrated by offenders like Bundy. This compelling book speaks to students, academics and readers interested in true crime, serial murder, homicide and criminal justice.
Author(s): Matt DeLisi
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 231
City: Cham
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Author
1 Introduction
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2 The Dark Figure of Crime
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3 Asymmetry
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4 Clinical
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5 The Entity
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6 Timeline
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7 The Open Road
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8 Unsolved
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9 No Body, No Crime
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10 What Would Have to Be True?
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11 Resolution
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Index