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Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder(English)

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About the Book

This comprehensive overview of serial and multiple murders looks at the theories for the criminal behavior and applies them to a multitude of well-known and little-known cases worldwide, examining similarities and differences. Jamie Fox and Jack Levin are renowned experts and authors in the field and they bring their years of research to bear in this fascinating analysis of serial, multiple and mass murder. The second edition is updated with more recent theory and cases.

Features of the 2nd edition:

1. Updated throughout with new cases like the BTK Killer, Virginia Tech shootings, Ft. Hood mass murder.

2. Expanded coverage of theory

3. Stronger research focus

4. Expanded illustration program with better use of photos, charts and graphs



Table of Contents:
Preface Acknowledgments PART I. Multiple Murder 1. America′s Fascination With Multiple Homicide The Gein Legacy Multiple Murder in Popular Culture The Selling of Multiple Murder Craving Attention Killer Communication Killer Groupies The Impact of Celebrating Murderers Sensitize, Not Sanitize 2. Defining Multiple Murder Mass, Serial, and Spree A Typology of Multiple Murder PART II. Serial Murder 3. An Anatomy of Serial Murder Prevalence of Serial Murder Extraordinarily Ordinary A Profile of the Typical Serial Killer 4. With Deliberation and Purpose When Killing Is Thrilling On a Deadly Mission of Terror or Revenge Killing for Expediency For Love and Loyalty 5. Murder Without Guilt Self-Control and Social Control The Sociopathic Personality The Culture of Sociopathy Empathy and Serial Killers Borderline Personality Disorder Normalcy in Serial Murder Rehumanizing the Victims 6. Partners in Murder Insanity in the Relationship Partners for Profit Partnerships of Men and Women 7. Killing for Company Placing the Blame Killing for Companionship The Functions of Cannibalism Desire for Total Control and Ownership 8. Fantasyland Keeping Souvenirs Normal and Abnormal Fantasies The Impact of Pornography 9. The Making of a Serial Killer Childhood Suffering Testimony Under Hypnosis Child Abuse and Murder Inordinate Need for Power Animal Cruelty and Violence Against Humans Challenges of Predicting Serial Murder Biological Predisposition Blaming the Family 10. Nonsexual Control Power Over Patients Female Serial Killers Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy 11. Killing Cults Killing for a Cause The Appeal of Dangerous Cults Suicide or Homicide? Satanism and Serial Murder 12. So Many Victims Vulnerable Victims Preferred Catching the Serial Killer Behavioral Profiling Reducing Linkage Blindness Lucky Breaks PART III. Massacres 13. For Love, Money or Revenge Relative Obscurity A Profile of Mass Killers Selective and Methodical When Love Kills Sweet Revenge Profiting From Mass Murder Explaining Mass Murder The Great Equalizer Contributing Factors 14. Family Annihilation A Profile of the Family Annihilator Impact of Unemployment Murdering Moms The Defiant Son 15. Firing Back Profile of the Workplace Avenger The Impact of Frustration Mixed Motives Workplace Murder by Proxy Romantic Obsession Externalizing Responsibility Social Isolation Screening Out Problem Workers Going Postal 16. Schooled in Mass Murder Student Massacres On to College Shooting for Infamy Overstating the Copycat Effect 17. Fighting City Hall Attacking the System Legal Battles Filing a Grievance Increasing Alienation 18. Hate-Motivated Mass Murder Choice of Victims A Life of Frustration Blaming Women The Killer as Victim Settling a Grudge With a Gun Minority Against Majority 19. Going Berserk Paranoid Thinking Confused State of Mind Long-Standing Mental Illness Civilian Battlefields Brain Abnormalities Deadly Weapons PART IV. Epilogue 20. Remembering the Victims References Credits and Sources Index About the Authors


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781412980319
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Depth: 19
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 280
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder
  • Width: 177 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1412980313
  • Publisher Date: 17 May 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 480 gr


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