The German term and concept were coined by criminologist Ernst Gennat, who described Peter Kürten as a ' ('serial-murderer') in his article "" (1930). In his book, ' (2004), criminal justice historian Peter Vronsky notes that while Ressler might have coined the English term "serial homicide" within the law in 1974, the terms "serial murder" and "serial murderer" appear in John Brophy's book "The Meaning of Murder" (1966). The Washington DC newspaper "Evening Star", in a 1967 review of the book: