Abstract
In the book, The Allure of Premediated Murder, Jack Levin and Julie B. Wiest provide a scholarly analysis of premeditated murder. As long as there has been a written record of events, murder has intrigued society. The struggle to understand why individuals engage in acts of premeditated murder have inevitably thrust some of history’s most infamous killers into celebrity status. As a byproduct of reporting incidents of murder, and perhaps a desire to entertain viewers, much misinformation has been reported surrounding acts of murder and what drives these killers to commit such acts.