Fatal Family Violence and the Dementias : Gray Mist Killings / Neil Websdale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Websdale, Neil, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in criminal behaviour

Routledge Studies in Criminal Behaviour

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dementia--Patients.

Dementia.

Mentally ill offenders.

Intimate partner violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.

Summary:

This book explores dementia-related aggression, violence, and homicide through a detailed analysis of "gray mist killings.".

Contents:

Intro

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part 1 Mere Oblivion

1 Gray Mist Killing

2 Dementing Illness: A Brief Introduction

Part 2 Homicide Chronicles

3 Dementing Illness and Abnormalities of Mind

4 Mercy and Exhaustion

5 Prior Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse

6 Thieves and Fraudsters

Part 3 Contemporary Interventions

7 Problematic Contemporary Responses

8 The Fiction of Prediction: Risk and Danger

Part 4 Toward a Global Understanding

9 Making Sense of Gray Mist Killings

10 Global Implications

Appendix

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Websdale, Neil Fatal Family Violence and the Dementias

ISBN:

9781003846598

1-003-84659-9

OCLC:

1417195429