In the cops we call it ‘Badness’, the evil that we cannot understand.

And yet I have to face it. Over 34 years in the police, I grew used to sitting on one side of the interview room table, facing murderers, child abductors and rapists. Now I have been forced to see what it looks like from the other side, forced out of the police and declared a convicted criminal. Does this mean that I’ve done evil? I’m not convinced, but I need to be certain. To do that, I want to understand what it is that drives people to carry out acts of badness, and whether there is any way back once evil’s been committed.

Buiding on the bestselling success of I Catch Killers, in Badness Gary Jubelin sets out to understand them. Talking to leading crooks, cops, forensic psychologists and scientists, as well as the victims, he travels deep inside some of our worst crimes, including serial killings carried out by Ivan Milat and the Granny Killer, the murder of Anita Cobby, the Hoddle Street massacre, Port Arthur and the disappearance of William Tyrrell.