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The will to kill : making sense of senseless murder / James Alan Fox, Jack Levin, Kenna Quinet.
LIBRA HV6515 .F69 2005
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fox, James Alan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder.
- Homicide.
- Criminal psychology.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Pearson/A and B, [2005]
- Contents:
- 1 The Lure and the Law of Homicide 1
- Fascination with Murder 1
- Homicide Law 3
- Murder 4
- Manslaughter 5
- Defenses to Criminal Homicide 7
- Homicide Law in Practice 9
- 2 Explaining Murder 13
- The Devil Made Me Do It 13
- Back to the Classics 14
- Using Science to Explain Violence 15
- Biology Then and Now 16
- Psychological Causes of Violence 19
- The Social Sources of Murder 24
- Strain, Frustration, and Murder 25
- Cultural Deviance 28
- Learning to Kill 29
- Self-Control, Social Control, and Murder 31
- A Word of Caution about Cause 32
- 3 The Killers and Their Victims 39
- Race Differences 43
- Gender Differences 46
- Age Differences 49
- Differences by Location 53
- 4 Intimate and Family Murder 61
- Killing for Profit 62
- Obsession and Jealousy 63
- Power, Control, and Abuse 64
- Family Annihilation 69
- Infanticide 70
- Killing for Love? 73
- 5 The Coming and Going of the Young Superpredators 77
- The Epidemic of Youth Homicide 77
- Explaining the 1990s Decline 82
- Selling Evil 86
- Looking Ahead 89
- 6 Well-Schooled in Murder 93
- Blaming Parents 93
- Copycat Shootings 94
- Explaining School Massacres 96
- Responses to School Shootings 98
- Healthy and Safe Schools 102
- 7 Serial Killers 105
- A Profile of Serial Killers 107
- The Murdering Mind 111
- Childhood Origins 114
- Victim Selection 117
- 8 Medical Murder 119
- Counting Medical Murders 120
- Motives and Types of Medical Murderers 121
- Administrative Facilitators 126
- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy 127
- Prevention and Intervention 128
- 9 Rampage 131
- Methodical and Selective 131
- Losses and Frustrations 134
- Profile of the Workplace Avenger 136
- Murderous Customers and Clients 140
- 10 Hate Homicides 143
- Characteristics of Hate Murders 143
- Types of Hate Homicide 146
- Organized Hate Groups 149
- Current State of Hate Crime Laws 150
- 11 Murderous Terror 153
- Hate Homicide and Domestic Terrorism 153
- International Terrorism 154
- Homegrown Terrorism 155
- Left-Wing vs. Right-Wing Terrorists 157
- The Impact of Murderous Terror 160
- 12 Cult Killings 163
- Dangerous Cults 164
- The Appeal of Cults 165
- Charismatic Leaders and Their Followers 166
- Needs Filled by Cults 168
- Normal People in Abnormal Situations 170
- Suicide or Homicide? 171
- 13 Catching Killers 175
- Science of the Lambs 176
- Clearance Rates 179
- VICAP and Profiling 183
- Sightings and Visions 187
- Working a Homicide in the Media Spotlight 189
- 14 Getting Away with Murder, or Not 193
- The Insanity Defense 193
- Justice for Juveniles 199
- Capital Punishment 203
- Epidemic Thinking and Over-Response 210.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0205418805
- OCLC:
- 54913465
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