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Killing for Sport: Inside the Minds of Serial Killers | 
 enlarge | Author: Pat Brown
Publisher: New Millennium Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 753317
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 198
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 1893224937
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1523
EAN: 9781893224933
ASIN: 1893224937
Publication Date: March 2003
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Book Description
Killing for Sport is the most valuable insight into the minds of serial killers you'll ever read. While other profilers tend to conceal the clear facts behind complex technical language and psychobabble, Pat Brown actually tells it like it is. Killing for Sport will intrigue you with its honest portrayal of the predator-next-door, how he hunts for him victims, why he likes to torture them, where he tends to stash their bodies, and more. Movies such as Silence of the Lambs, Seven, American Psycho and many others have created myths about serial killers that need to be dispelled: If you think that most serial killers are eccentric, white, male intellectuals, then you had better read Killing for Sport to learn the truth. The more our society is informed about these predators and what really goes on in their minds, the more equipped we will be to protect ourselves from them. With the same dark wit that gets people who work with the criminally insane through their workday, Brown speaks frankly about the monsters among us who kill for sport.
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 Terrible introduction to the subject January 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Having read this book, I will never listen to a thing Pat Brown has to say.
I purchased this book used for $8 from a local book dealer, and I can't remember the last time I felt more ripped off. Judging by the book jacket and introduction, it seemed like it may have been at least a decent introductory text on the subject. Instead, what I found was a book full of unsupported opinions with no research materials listed, no footnotes, and no indication of any actual, first-hand knowledge of the subject. Instead, the author makes constant, thinly-veiled attacks against the superstars of the profiling world--authors like ex-FBI profilers John Douglas and Roy Hazelwood--who DO have the decades of experience and research necessary to provide informed opinions about how serial killers and other violent criminals function. Pat Brown is a great example of the "Hollywood expert," those people that have no real credentials, but look good on camera (and make ample use of that fact.) For my money, I'll take the ACTUAL experts any day. I kept thinking, "What's the matter, Pat? Did the FBI turn you down for a job? Get over it already!"
Another thing that irked me about this book was the sheer amount of needless filler and bad formatting. At 194 pages (not including the ridiculously unnecessary "glossary"), it seems like there should be more material there than is actually present. Sometimes-large sections of each page are taken up with serial killer quotes, with no credit given to her sources (some of which are from interviews with the very same experts that she constantly slams). In fact, one of the "killer quotes" wasn't even from a murderer, but from a convicted necrophiliac. The Q&A formatting, while seemingly a good idea, just serves to take up more space, with each question in large, bold print. Essentially, it looks as though the book was designed to stretch a relatively small amount of information into a book-length manuscript. Since the primary purpose of the book is to pimp her own profiling agency, maybe she should have stuck with an advertising pamphlet.
Brown states in the introduction that she wants her readers to be offended, that the book is written from the perspective of the killers themselves. She certainly succeeded in offending me, but for all the wrong reasons. If you want to read a decent (if still flawed) book about serial killers from the perspective of a killer, try "The Gates of Janus" by Ian Brady. There's a guy who knows, from ample and grisly experience, exactly what he's talking about...
 No fluff! September 16, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Written without any fluff or technical language where just about anyone can comprehend the valuable information about the dirt bags who prey on the innocent.
Horrible Book December 13, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am a criminal psychology major. I have done a lot of research on serial killers and I thought it would interesting to get a non-psychologists or FBI agents' point of view.
This book is nothing more than a series of serial killer stereotypes posed in the form of a question. Pat Brown then gives a very short answer to each of these questions. She responds with NO facts to support her views. She often uses circular reasoning. She contradicts herself frequently. Pat Brown is obviously very uneducated and has never done any research in the field.
At the beginning of the book she talks about how she rented out a room in her house to a serial killer. She decided to write the book to warn others. As someone who has actually done research in this field I can sum up her advice in couple of sentences.... Do NOT rent a room in your house to a total stranger! At least do a background check. That about sums up all of the advice in her whole book. Its pretty common sense.
I do NOT recommend this book to anyone!
Loaded with information you need to protect yourself June 11, 2005
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
I read this book, then I gave it to my daughter to read. I felt it was important for her to have some ideas about personal safety. This book is an eye opener in many respects. Not only does Pat Brown write in an entertaining fashion (makes you want to keep reading), but she also has a deep understanding of her subject matter. In her profession, as she makes clear, it is crucial to have a sense of humor so the job of dealing with the murderer does not drive you to depression. Not only do you get an idea of the mind behind the killer, you get treated to the mind necessary to be a serial killer profiler.
In short, the book really gets a person interested in the field. My daughter is now hooked on this subject. I had no idea how fascinating it is reading about killers, and about Pat Brown herself, her amazing life. Yet that is not all, Pat makes it a point to let her readers know what to look for in a situation and how to be safe. The difference between real fear and imagined fear. In summary, a great read for teens and adults alike. Read it and have your kids read it too...for safety sake.
Ignorance Is Bliss Zero stars if possible May 23, 2005
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Pat Brown is a virtual fraud looking for easy money. She has no training and has never worked for any law enforcement agency. Her book (and television appearances) prove she knows nothing more than the average lay person and sometimes says/writes things that shows she knows less than the average person on the street. I quote Pat Brown in a recent appearance: The killer is in a rush to leave the area and wash the blood off his clothes." Anyone who watches Forensic Files or CSI knows that all blood does not wash off and can also leave traces in the sink, pipes, washing machine. Come on, people, do you really want to listen/read anything this con artist says? Waste your hard-earned money somewhere else.
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