This LibGuide was researched and created by Monica Luciano, MLS, for the benefit of the BSU academic community.
Special topics in criminal justice studies are designed to address substantive topics, problems, and issues not covered in other courses, but important to contemporary study of criminal justice and the professional development of students. The special topics offered this semester focus on investigating crimes of passion, violent crimes, serial crimes, victims and perpetrators. This course will examine contemporary issues in criminal justice through a combination of readings, discussion, research, and experiential learning.
Serial Killers : the method and madness of monsters by 
Serial Killers: philosophy for everyone : being and killing by 
How to Make a Serial Killer : the twisted development of innocent children into the world’s most sadistic murderers by 
Inside the Minds of Serial Killers : why they kill by 
The Psychology of Serial Killer Investigations : the grisly business unit by 
The Psychopathology of Serial Murder : a theory of violence by