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ELLIOTT LEYTON
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ELLIOTT LEYTON
Elliott Leyton?
Outline
- Eliott is a Canadian anthropologist, born in 1939
- He recieved a B.A. and M.A from the University Of British Columbia, he later earned a Ph.D in anthropology from the University Of Toronto
- Dedicated his life to the research of juvenile delinqeuncy & the psychology behind serial killings
- author/editior of 11 books
- according to CTV News, Leyton is one of the most consulted experts on serial homicide worldwid
- born, raised, schooling, job
- some books published
- most know work
- impact on society
- conclusion
Teaching Positions
Leyton has taught at many universitys, such as; Queen's University in Belfast, the University of Toronto, the University of Warsaw in Poland, Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, and at Memorial University of Newfoundland where he is currently a professor.
"Thus we find the source of our new multiple murderer primarily among the ambitious who failed - or who believed they would fail - and who seek another form of success in the universal celebrity and attention they will receive through their extravagant homicides." - Elliott Leyton, Hunting Humans: The rise Of The Modern Multiple Murderer
MOST KNOW FOR:
- Dying Hard (1975, 1996)
- The Myth of Delinquency (1979)
- Hunting Humans (1986, reprinted: 1995)
- Sole Survivor (1990)
- Violence and Public Anxiety: A Canadian case (1992)
- Touched by Fire (1998)
- Serial Murder: Modern Scientific Perspectives (1999)
- Men of Blood (2002)
- Hunting Humans (2005-expanded edition)
- Leyton's books are a huge part of his career. He puts most of his work/findings into these books.
- a film was made about his life's work, called The Man Who Studies Murder
- it premiered at the Montreal Film Festival in 2004, and later aired on CBC as a two-part mini series