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It is also chaotic, confusing, and fails to drive its point home. And, as a public-spirited plea for a new technology-friendly, co-operative police force, Dark Paths, Cold Trails is commendable and even heartfelt. The fact that they played a role in apprehending a killer is stated rather than demonstrated.Ĭlark is clearly motivated by a desire to convince Canadians of the need for a nationwide “mandated compliance” to enable the ViCLAS system to work, as well as for an increased number of trained profilers. Most frustrating of all, we never get to see either profiling or ViCLAS in action. New law enforcers, politicians, and criminals are introduced with fanfare, and their entire life stories told before they disappear a few pages later. She seduced an eleven-year-old neighbor into their bed, painted the decapitated head of one of their victims so Doug could have sex with it, and helped him dispose. Carol was willing to do anything for Doug.

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Crimes with little in common other than the horror they evoke (Clark is unstinting with the gory details) are committed and solved. Sexual Killing: A Shocking True Crime Story follows the stone-cold serial killing of Carol Bundy and Doug Clark during the summer of 1980. Clark has McKay flying around the country giving speeches promoting ViCLAS and preparing suspect profiles, but it is never clear what his job actually entails or even, other than being a dedicated crime-fighter, what kind of a guy McKay is. There is a good tale to tell here but Clark, a freelance journalist, never really gets around to telling it. It was former Mountie Ron McKay, Canada’s first profiler, who tirelessly championed these innovations, and this book is his story. Too bad, since the inability of traditional police procedure to cope with sexual predators like Olson and Bernardo is important, as is the resistance of the police to the new high-tech solutions like profiling and crime computer databases such as ViCLAS (Violent Crime Linkage Analyst System). The victims were young prostitutes or runaways.

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Bundy and Doug Clark became known as 'The Sunset Strip Killers' after being convicted of a series of murders in Los Angeles during the late spring and early summer of 1980. It is when he departs from this disturbing subject matter that Clark loses his way. Bundy (Aug December 9, 2003) was an American serial killer.

And the sections of Dark Paths, Cold Trails where author Doug Clark sets out to understand their criminal behaviour do just that.

A book that devotes several chapters to the likes of Clifford Olson and Paul Bernardo is bound to compel attention.

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