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The psychology of genocide, massacres, and extreme violence : why "normal" people come to commit atrocities / Donald G. Dutton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dutton, Donald G., 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence.
- Social psychology.
- Genocide--Psychological aspects.
- Genocide.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 199 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2007.
- Summary:
- A psychologist explains how and why "normal" people are transformed, in a relatively short amount of time, into sadistic torturers and mass killers for a cause.
- Contents:
- A history of violence
- Mass violence in the twentieth century
- Genocides
- The Holocaust
- Military massacres
- Lynchings
- Prison riots
- Societal transitions : the normative shifts in genocide
- Individual transitions to extreme violence
- Rape, serial killers, and the forensic psychology of war
- Individual differences in violent aggression
- Final thoughts
- Postscript : the final summation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-190) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780275990008
- 0275990001
- OCLC:
- 82673660
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