# Sadistic Killers

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- Book: [Sadistic Killers](https://www.bookquiver.com/carol-anne-davis/sadistic-killers) ([Sadistic Killers.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/carol-anne-davis/sadistic-killers.md))
- Authors: [Carol Anne Davis](https://www.bookquiver.com/carol-anne-davis)
- Publisher: summersdale_division
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-08-5765-422-9
- Published: 2006-02-12
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Acclaimed crime writer Carol Anne Davis explores the minds of sadistic killers: their childhoods, their growing pathology and horrific crimes. Knowing what some of these killers endured doesn’t even begin to excuse their crimes – but it does explain them. Davis delineates the different subgroups of sadists – for example, those who kill indiscriminately – in Britain, the US and Australia. There are also chapters on: • female sadists, who tend to be overlooked by the media. • consensual sadomasochism – including a rare interview with a well-known female practitioner, Lynn Paula Russell. • input from a psychologist who has helped rehabilitate some of Britain’s most violent men. Sadistic Killers is a compelling look at the formative influences of a sadist and at his or her crimes. Unflinching in detail but never gratuitous, this is an informative read with a hopeful ending.