Linking the murders of an alleged serial killer to successfully present a case in court involves a specific methodology that has been scrutinized by the judicial system but is largely absent in the current literature. Serial Violence: Analysis of Modus Operandi and Signature Characteristics of Killers fully explains the process of finding the nexus

Robert D. Keppel, William J. Birnes

The Components of Modus Operandi, Ritual, and Signature. The Discovery of Signature: Harvey Glatman, the Lonely Hearts Killer, William Heirens "Stop Me Before I Kill Again!" and Morris Frampton. The Jack the Ripper Murders: A Modus Operandi and Signature Analyses of the 1888 1891 Whitechapel Murders. The Essence of Torture. Signature Analysis Convicts The Right Man. The Picquerism Signature. A Sexual Assault Signature Lacking Primary Mechanisms. The Ritual of Sexual Degradation through Posing of Victims. What's Important Is What's Not There. Signature Left in Kansas City. Signature of an Arson-Rape-Murderer. The Definitive Signature of a Rapist and Murderer. Best Practices in Linking Cases. Index