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Hunting Evil - Paul Harrison and David Wilson
This is the first, and will probably turn out to be the definitive, account of the Ipswich murders of 2006.
It covers the killer, Steve Wright, his victims, his crimes - as well as the other five unsolved murders he may have committed - the investigation, the media, and provides a study of Britain and of the phenomenon of serial killing in this country in general, as well as a detailed study of modern prostitution and the initiatives to tackle it.
It's written in such a conversational way that you understand all that is written without being patronised, but at the same time, feeling involved. More like a good novel than a cold, clinical true crime book, it's consise, comprehensive and objective.
I have read Wilson's other book - Serial Killers: Hunting Britons and their Victims 1960 - 2006 and disagree with his entire paradigm. His sample of 19 killers over 46 years is simply wrong, as are the omissions he makes theoretically and the subsequent conclusions he reaches are thus crucially flawed. But in Hunting Evil Wilson is invaluable.
If you're interested in the Suffolk Strangler, buy this book.
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Much of the urge to ban is driven, just like Puritanism, by the fear that some people, somewhere, may be enjoying themselves; the rest by the terror of politicians and bureaucrats who fear that if they don’t do something, anything, we might begin to wonder why we pay them. Tim Worstall, (2007)
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