The murderer and his victim / John M. Macdonald ; with a chapter by Stuart Boyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macdonald, John M. (John Marshall), 1920-2007.

Contributor:

Boyd, Stuart, Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal psychology.

Homicide.

Criminology.

Murder.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Springfield, Ill. : Charles C Thomas, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

CONTENTS: The Problem of Murder; The Murderer; Methods of Murder; Victims of Homicide; The Psychology of Murder; The Urge to Confess; Mass Murderers and Serial Murderers; Sex Murders; Madness and Murder; Character Disorder and Murder; Children and Adolescents Who Kill; Self-Murder; Criminal Investigation; The Death Penalty; Prevention of Criminal Homicide; Homicide in Fiction.

Contents:

""HALF TITLE: THE MURDERER AND HIS VICTIM ""; ""TITLE PAGE: THE MURDERER AND HIS VICTIM""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""THE MURDERER AND HIS VICTIM""; ""CHAPTER 1: THE PROBLEM OF MURDER""; ""CHAPTER 2: THE MURDERER""; ""CHAPTER 3: METHODS OF MURDER""; ""CHAPTER 4: VICTIMS OF HOMICIDE""; ""CHAPTER 5: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MURDER""; ""CHAPTER 6: THE URGE TO CONFESS""; ""CHAPTER 7: MASS MURDERERS AND SERIAL MURDERERS""; ""CHAPTER 8: SEX MURDERS""; ""CHAPTER 9: MADNESS AND MURDER""; ""CHAPTER 10: CHARACTER DISORDER AND MURDER""; ""CHAPTER 11: CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WHO KILL""

""CHAPTER 12: SELF-MURDER "" ""CHAPTER 13: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION""; ""CHAPTER 14: THE DEATH PENALTY""; ""CHAPTER 15: PREVENTION OF CRIMINAL HOMICIDE""; ""CHAPTER 16: HOMICIDE IN FICTION""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-398-08959-0

OCLC:

851972458