The perversion of virtue : understanding murder-suicide / Thomas Joiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joiner, Thomas, Jr.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suicide--United States.

Suicide.

Homicide--United States.

Homicide.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY: Oxford University Press, [2014].

Summary:

"In The Perversion of Virtue, suicide researcher Thomas Joiner explores the nature of murder-suicide and offers a unique new theory to explain this nearly unexplainable act: that 'true' murder-suicides always involve the wrongheaded invocation of one of four interpersonal virtues"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Preface

Section 1: Introductory Material

Chapter 1 Murder-Suicide: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Initial Conceptualization

Chapter 2 Understanding Murder

Chapter 3 Understanding Suicide

Chapter 4 Understanding Virtue

Section 2: Understanding Murder-Suicide as a Perversion of Virtue

Chapter 5 A Perversion of Mercy

Chapter 6 A Perversion of Justice

Chapter 7 A Perversion of Duty

Chapter 8 A Perversion of Heroic Glory

Chapter 9 The Neighboring But Distinct Categories of Perverting Self-Control and Fate

Section 3: Implications and Conclusions

Chapter 10 Prevention, Clinical, and Other Real-World Applications

Chapter 11 Conclusion: Human Nature and the Perversion of Virtue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244) and index.

ISBN:

9780199334551

0199334552

OCLC:

854848125