Killer instinct : having a mind for murder / Donald Grant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grant, Donald, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mentally ill offenders--Australia--Victoria.

Mentally ill offenders.

Forensic psychiatry--Australia--Victoria.

Forensic psychiatry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 219 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Forensic psychiatrist Donald Grant asks, what is it about murder that fascinates us? Is it the chill whisper of fear reminding us we too can kill? Grant describes ten true murder cases, each with unique triggers. For most of us, murder is an arm's length experience, close enough to frighten and fascinate yet far enough not to traumatise. For those directly affected, murder can be scarring. Our restless chatter about murder, our state of heightened alert, our endless appetite for news, may all just be play therapy, reassuring us that our own killer instincts are under control.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Author's Note

Our Killer Instinct

1. The Smell of Blood

The Matter of Mind and Brain

2. Sadistic Secrets

3. An Obsessional Man

4. An Urge to Kill

The Diseased Brain: Guilty or Not?

5. Death at Birth

6. The Devoted Son Who Murdered His Mother

7. A Dangerous Prisoner

Managing Your Marvellous Amygdala

8. A Delusion of Love

9. The Enraged Murderer

10. His Own Secret World

Many Paths to Murder, Many Victims

Appendix-A Guide to the Medico-Legal Maze

Acknowledgements

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-522-87360-X

OCLC:

1037947906