Occult Crime Control: The Law Enforcement Manual of Investigation, Analysis, and Prevention

Softcover. Octavo. [vi] + 248pp. Index & bibliography. B/w illustrations. One of a plethora of books that came out during the so-called "Satanic Panic"-a moral panic not disi [more]

Softcover. Octavo. [vi] + 248pp. Index & bibliography. B/w illustrations. One of a plethora of books that came out during the so-called "Satanic Panic"-a moral panic not disimilar to the witch-persecutions, whose outlandish accusations of widespead satanic ritual abuse ("SRA") started in the United States in the 1980s, and spread throughout the country and to a few other countries-before collapsing due to a lack of any corroborating evidence of a significant problem in the late 1990s. The book was "intended for the law enforcement community only" and was meant to help them understand and identify "occult crimes." As such it offers a rather peculiar overview of occult groups and beliefs, alongside bizarre varia including rather gruesome reconstructions of what "ritualistic homicide wounds" might look like. A tight, clean Fine copy.[less]