Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling

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By Michael Cannell ’82

Published March 15, 2017

The story of the serial bomber who gave rise to the science of criminal profiling, Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling (Minotaur Books) follows Police Captain Howard Finney, psychiatrist Dr. James Brussel, and New York socialite Seymour Berkson as they try to outsmart the mad bomber of 1950s New York City. Michael Cannel ’82 has written two other books and contributed to The New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, and Sports Illustrated

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