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Murder in America / by Ronald M. Holmes, Stephen T. Holmes.
LIBRA HV6529 .H664 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holmes, Ronald M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--United States.
- Murder.
- United States.
- Homicide--United States.
- Homicide.
- Physical Description:
- x, 190 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, Inc., [2001]
- Summary:
- "This book is an informative and easy to read account of different aspects of murder in the United States. It covers a wide range of topics, from serial killing to terrorism, but concentrates mainly on the perpetrators of homicide rather than the victims of such crime.... provides a good introduction to the subject'" - "Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health """
- Contents:
- 1. Murder in America 1
- Murder: Definitions 2
- Legal Degrees of Murder 2
- Manslaughter 3
- Justifiable and Excusable Homicide 3
- Chances of Being a Murder Victim 6
- Guns and Homicide 8
- General Typologies of Murderers 10
- 2. Serial Murder 15
- Serial Murder Outside the United States 18
- Serial Killers in the United States 20
- Incidences of Serial Murder 21
- The Number of Victims 23
- Spatial Mobility and Male Serial Killers 24
- Phases in Serial Murder 25
- Typology of Male Serial Murderers 27
- Traits of Male Serial Killers 31
- Motivational Factors 32
- 3. Female Serial Killers 37
- Spatial Mobility and Female Serial Killers 40
- Typology of Female Serial Killers 41
- Traits of Types of Female Serial Killers 49
- 4. Mass Murder 53
- What Is Mass Murder? 54
- Incidents of Mass Murder 56
- Classification of Mass Murderers 67
- Typology of Mass Murderers 70
- 5. Children Who Kill 79
- Homicidal Trends Among Youthful Killers 81
- The Etiology of the Juvenile Homicidal Offender 85
- Youth Killers and School Shootings 88
- Treatment of Violent Juvenile Offenders 94
- 6. Intimates Who Kill 97
- Statistics on Partner Homicide 99
- Perpetrator Profiles 104
- The Law and Legal Defenses in Cases of Spousal Homicide 108
- Policy Implications 112
- 7. Parents Who Kill 115
- The Murder of Children in the United States Today 117
- Children as Chattel and Infanticide 119
- Typology of the Child Killing Incident 120
- Motives for Murdering Children 124
- Mothers Who Kill 125
- Fathers Who Kill 128
- Stepparents Who Kill 129
- 8. Sex-Related Homicide 133
- What Is Sexual Homicide? 134
- Elements in Sexual Homicide 141
- Lust Murder 144
- 9. Murder in the Workplace 155
- Traits of the Disgruntled Employee Mass Killer 157.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-175) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761920919
- 0761920927
- OCLC:
- 45100444
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