Predators: Who They Are and How to Stop Them

ISBN-13: 9781633887077

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Prometheus Books

Publication Date: 03-15-2022

Pages: 352

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.14(h) x 1.03(d)

Gregory M. Cooper (American Fork, UT) is the owner/president of Cooper Enterprises, where he provides services as an international trainer, consultant, expert witness, and author, serving the law enforcement, legal, corporate, and educational communities. Formerly, he worked as an investigative support services manager for Motorola Inc.; as Assistant Federal Security Director for Law Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; as the police chief of Provo, Utah; and as a unit chief and criminal profiler for the FBI. Michael R. King (Ogden, UT) is the training director for the Management & Training Corporation, an international company operating state and federal prisons around the world. Formerly, he was a senior investigative analyst and product planning manager for Motorola. He is also a former State Attorney General Chief of Staff and intelligence supervisor for the Utah Criminal Intelligence Center. Tom McHoes (Springville, UT) is a freelance journalist who was previously a crime/investigative reporter for the Provo Daily Herald and The Roseville Press-Tribune.

Table of Contents

Foreword 7

New Introduction 11

Introduction 17

1 Victimology and the Predatory Mind 21

2 There's Always a Story 53

3 Crimes Against Children: The Worst Kind of Crime 81

4 Terrorism 133

5 Crimes Against the Elderly 161

6 Sexual Assault 177

7 Domestic Violence 215

8 Kidnapping 255

9 The End-All: Homicidal Predators 285

10 Cyber Grooming 313

Conclusion: Plan to Have a Happy Ending 339