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A TRUE STORY Privileged Killers: and Sociopaths Who Live and Walk Among Us Criminologist Karl Schonborn, who studies how authorities respond to violence, is well acquainted with privileged killers. This classic true-crime work focuses on his experiences with several sociopathic individuals. Four of them, ironically white males, committed monstrous violent crimes. And because each of them was privileged - blessed with brilliance, wealth, talent, or charm - Lady Justice only slapped their wrists despite their homicidal attacks. What's shocking is these killers seemingly appeared from nowhere in Schonborn's everyday life, and each helped erode his long-standing criminal-justice idealism. Professor Schonborn details his interactions with these highly disturbed men, including how a brush with one on parole nearly cost him his life. Schonborn's in-depth training in psychology helps him provide us with useful insights about identifying and dealing with the burgeoning numbers of sociopaths who work and live among us.

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""When it comes to crime writers, you've got your wannabes and the genuine articles. Take it from me - I was a prosecutor for a long time, I did this work - Schonborn's the real deal. He tells riveting stories of sociopathic killers with nuance, flair, and spot-on precision. Privileged Killers goes beyond the 'how' of these savvy criminals and delves deeply and insightfully into the 'why.'"" --Elie Honig, Fmr Fed/State Prosecutor, CNN Legal analyst. Author of Hatchet Man, Untouchable ""The author's a razor-keen observer, and in this new work he sometimes offers a complex series of events but they always add up, just like a good mystery. Great stuff! Join Schonborn's quest for truth, logic, and understanding in a world that often defies it. You'll love Privileged Killers and you'll want to keep it to read again and again."" -Charles Haid, Award-winning Actor/Director, Known for Renko in Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, ER, 3rdWatch, Criminal Minds and Murder ""Schonborn's true crime page-turner is woven together in a wholly original way. It's part memoir and part true crime. As he takes you on a journey through pivotal events of a generation, he interlaces the famous serial killers who dominated the headlines of those years-along with the unlikely killers and psychopaths who directly touched his life. He experienced some dramatic near misses and, to these, he layers his own insights as one of the great criminologists of our time."" -Georgette Bennett, PhD, Criminologist, Commentator (NBC News, TED Talk, etc.), Philanthropist. Author of Crimewarps and Religicide ""By chronicling his own real-life experiences, Schonborn shows how privileged narcissistic and psychopathic individuals often get a mere slap on the wrist, even if they kill people, due to a dysfunctional and imbalanced criminal justice system. Highly recommended!"" -Scott Bonn, PhD, Criminologist/Professor. News commentator. Author of Why We Love Serial Killers, ""Wicked Deeds"" in Psychology Today ""Schonborn's true crime memoir reveals brutal misogyny in the City of Brotherly Love as well as the dark side of sunny California after the sixties' Summer of Love. Turns out the author knew several privileged men who secretly resented the increasing opportunities and ascent of willful women. The successive shocks to Schonborn's sensibilities when each committed murder changed his perspective on how society should respond to these dangerous men and his effort to reform the criminal justice system."" -Kip Armstrong, PhD, Sociologist, The Penn Commonwealth University ""Brilliant and terrifying! When police open a trunk, they discover more than the horrific sight of a dead girl. They discover a shocking revelation-the identity of one of the most improbable killers to walk among us. Schonborn's story of this and other killers is gripping to the last word...and last drop of blood."" -Sandra Woffington, MFA, Author of Unveiling and Wine Valley Mysteries ""A great true crime read! Schonborn uses a professional criminologist's eye to study four murderers to reveal how privilege and entitlement-coupled with one of the Dark Triad disorders-deceived him and others. Whether a person's type of darkness is narcissism, manipulation, or psychopathy, the author explains its origins and how to handle it on an individual or criminal court level."" -Peter Vronsky, PhD, Criminal Justice Historian, Scholar, Documentarian/Filmmaker, Author of many true crime serial killer studies, including Sons of Cain and American Serial Killers: the Epidemic Years 1951-2020

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KARL SCHONBORN earned his various degrees from Ivy League Institutions and became a professor specializing in the study of social and psychological aspects of violence. The author of five other books, Schonborn and his wife live in the San Francisco Bay Area.For further discussion of issues in this book and for relevant photos, visit the author at: www.KarlSchonborn.com

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