This book, which can be called the bible of criminal psychology, is a compilation of the essence of crime and evil by Dr. Michael Stone, who has been studying criminal cases for the past 30 years and is called the 'Einstein of criminal psychology.'
The author delves into a whopping 600 murder cases, analyzing the inner workings of simple murderers to psychopathic serial killers according to the 22 stages of evil psychology, and clearly lays them out under the categories of 'impulsive murder, planned murder, psychopathic murder, serial murder, mass murder, and family murder.'

In particular, it introduces the key elements that distinguish the 22 stages of the psychology of evil, revealing malignant narcissism, aggression, and psychopathy, and explains to readers how to detect the 'psychology of murder' hidden behind the mask of a seemingly good person.
It also helps us understand the characteristics and prevention methods of each type of murder by dividing them into examples such as impulsive murder, premeditated murder, psychopathic murder, serial murder, mass murder, and family murder.

The murder of Herbert and Barbara Weinstein in New York City was clearly an impulsive murder, not a premeditated one.
In January 1991, Barbara was found dead on the sidewalk next to the luxury apartment building on New York's East Side where the couple lived.
… … As soon as the autopsy was performed, what the police had suspected was confirmed.
Barbara was found strangled to death and thrown from a 20th-floor apartment window.
Herbert soon confessed that he had done so to make it look like suicide.18 Throwing a body out of a window to cover up a murder is extremely rare.
But there is another peculiar thing about this incident.
Perhaps because of the perpetrator's age and the "surprise" nature of the crime, Herbert Weinstein underwent a brain PET scan (positron emission tomography) at the recommendation of his defense team.
As a result, it was confirmed that cysts had formed in the left frontal lobe and temporal lobe of the brain.
I will explain in more detail what these abnormal pathologies mean later in connection with neuroscience, but for now, I will just point out that the abnormalities in the areas I just mentioned may have caused damage to brain function.
It's not to the extent of being legally insane (not being able to tell right from wrong), but it's to the extent that when you get angry, you can't think normally and lose self-control.
Perhaps a brain abnormality in this area caused the temper to flare.
This case caused considerable controversy in 1991. --- From 『The Norman Harrell Murder Case: A Case of Extreme Marital Discord』

There were two things that surprised me most while investigating the wife murder cases.
First, the men never admitted to the crimes, even after being convicted, and second, they manipulated the location of the bodies at the crime scene or hired hitmen to make it appear as an accident.
This method appears to be common among “premeditated murderers” (husbands who plan and kill their spouses in advance).
Husbands who impulsively kill their wives are more likely to confess (seven out of ten), but only one in five “premeditated murderers” confess.
These are the things that make wife killers look even more vicious.
Ordinary people cannot lie as calmly and easily as psychopaths.
Even if ordinary people occasionally fantasize about killing or harming those who have hurt them, they can exercise appropriate control and put the brakes on such fantasies.
Then, those bad thoughts will gradually subside.
---From "The Psychology of Wife Murderers and Denial of Crime"

Archibald McCafferty showed me that even criminals, those labeled by society as villains and "unfit to be released," can ultimately be rehabilitated and redeemed.
Although Archie's life had many dark moments, there were also some positive discoveries.
Archie's time with Amanda shows that he has the ability to maintain a long-term, affectionate relationship.
And, judging by his short time with his son Craig, he also has the ability to be a devoted and loving father.
Even before his son's death and the subsequent confusion, he had known he needed psychiatric help.
After being found guilty, he felt so guilty that he asked the judge to sentence him to death.
As I interviewed him for several hours, I was struck by his honesty, candor, and introspection.
Archie created his own prayer, based on the "Serenity Prayer" used in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, that he found helpful in everyday life.
“Give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” These are qualities found in some criminals who have “antisocial personalities” but who, as they enter middle age, show signs of rehabilitation and the ability to live as upstanding citizens.
It is also a quality that can never be seen in a psychopath.
---From "Serial Murder: McCafferty's Repentance and Manson's Remaining Psychopath to the End"

Dorothy, who had remarried at the age of twenty-three, was now a first-class con artist, a psychopath skilled in lying and self-deception.
Soon after, she opened a boarding house in Sacramento for senior citizens receiving state assistance, most of which went into Dorothy's bank account without anyone knowing.
His scam failed for a while, and he ended up serving a three-year sentence in California State Prison for swindling fifteen boarders out of money.
There were also allegations that Dorothy had committed murder, but the case was dismissed due to lack of evidence.
Dorothy's downfall came in 1988, when she was 60 years old, after a report from a social worker.
A chronically ill elderly man was placed in Dorothy Puente's care, but when he disappeared, a concerned social worker reported him to the authorities.
Police, following clues and investigating the area around Dorothy's boarding house, discovered a human leg in the backyard, followed by the remains of seven bodies.
As the investigation progressed, it was revealed that 25 other boarders were also missing.
It was eventually revealed that Dorothy had killed all 25 people with an overdose of tranquilizers and taken the government benefits they were supposed to receive.
---From "The Woman Who Committed Serial Murders Alone"

Jerry Brudos, a serial killer who murdered more than a dozen women in Oregon, loved wearing his mother's shoes from the time he was five.50 His strict, puritanical mother immediately took the shoes away, threw them away, and shamed him, asking where he had learned such "weird" things.51 By making such a fuss over a simple childhood experiment, his mother established a pattern of obsession with women's clothing that would become permanent.
As he entered his teens, Jerry began collecting women's shoes and underwear, hiding them in his room, and finding comfort and sexual pleasure in touching them.
Then, when he was seventeen, Jerry crossed an invisible line.
He turned violent and threatened a girl his age with a knife, forcing her to take off her clothes.
When he was caught for that, Jerry underwent a psychiatric evaluation.
The psychiatric evaluation concluded that Jerry harbored anger toward his mother and that this hatred fueled a desire for revenge against all women.
In his late 20s, his crimes evolved into serial murders, primarily killing women and mutilating their bodies. He not only raped the corpses but also cut off their breasts and made models to use as questionnaires.
Jerry Brudos was a psychopath, indifferent to the feelings of others and without remorse.
You can't blame it all on the mother.
Not all boys who wear their mother's shoes as children and receive a shameful scolding from their mothers grow up to commit horrific acts of rape and murder like Brudos.
So it could simply be that Brudos was born with a genetically disadvantaged hand.
But as for the absence of conscience, the following anecdote shows the truth without reserve.
When Brudos was serving a prison sentence for serial murder, a reporter asked him:
“Jerry, you’ve been here a while, you’ve had time to reflect on your life, don’t you feel any different about the women you killed?” Brudos then crumpled up the paper into a ball, threw it on the floor, and replied,
“To me, those women and that paper are the same.”

---From "Parental Insults: The Case of Gerald Gallego and Jerry Brudos"