Violent Mind: The 1976 Psychological Assessment of Ted Bundy

In March 1976, Ted Bundy was convicted of the aggravated kidnapping
of a young woman near Salt Lake City, Utah. Bundy had not been
accused or convicted of any violent crime except this one. No one
knew then how many women Bundy had murdered, and many thought him
incapable of doing so.


Dr. Al Carlisle was part of the 90-Day Diagnostic team at the Utah
State Prison when Bundy was sent there after the trial. Dr.
Carlisle s assignment was specific: Determine to the best of his
ability, without being biased by any of the reports previously
done, whether Ted Bundy had a violent personality. The judge would
use this information in deciding whether Bundy should serve time or
be released on probation.


In Violent Mind: The 1976 Psychological Evaluation of Ted Bundy,
Dr. Carlisle takes the reader step by step through this
previously-unpublished evaluation process, and shows how he
concluded that Bundy had the capacity to commit aggravated
kidnapping, and perhaps much worse.


Violent Mind contains never-before-seen interviews with Ted Bundy
and those who knew him, including a letter Bundy wrote to Dr.
Carlisle that has been locked away for more than 40 years.

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