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Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder

Autor James Alan Fox, Jack Levin, Emma E. Fridel
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 dec 2022
Accessibly written, yet analytically rich, Extreme Killing, is renown for its fascinating examination of historical and contemporary serial and mass murder. This Fifth Edition is filled with contemporary and classic case studies that illustrate the many violent expressions of power, revenge, terror, greed, and loyalty.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781071862599
ISBN-10: 1071862596
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:Fifth Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States

Cuprins

Part I Multiple Murder
Chapter 1: America’s Fascination with Multiple Murder
Chapter 2: Defining Multiple Murder
Chapter 3: Theories of Multiple Homicide
Part II Serial Murder
Chapter 4: An Anatomy of Serial Murder
Chapter 5: With Deliberation and Purpose
Chapter 6: Partners in Murder
Chapter 7: Killing for Company
Chapter 8: Fantasyland
Chapter 9: The Making of a Serial Killer
Chapter 10: Nonsexual Control
Chapter 11: Killing Cults
Chapter 12: Catching Serial Killers
Part III Mass Murder
Chapter 13: Mass Murder Facts
Chapter 14: For Love, Money or Revenge
Chapter 15: Family Annihilation
Chapter 16: Firing Back
Chapter 17: Well-Schooled in Mass Murder
Chapter 18: Fighting City Hall
Chapter 19: Hate-Motivated Mass Murder
Chapter 20: Terror as Tactic
Chapter 21: Going Berserk
Chapter 22: Weapons of Mass (Murder) Destruction
Part IV Aftermath
Chapter 23: Coping with Tragedy
Chapter 24: Postscript

Notă biografică

James Alan Fox is the Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy at Northeastern University. He has published 18 books, dozens of journal and magazine articles, as well as hundreds of freelance columns in newspapers around the country, primarily in the areas of multiple murder, youth crime, school and campus violence, workplace violence, and capital punishment. As a member of its Board of Contributors, his opinion column appears frequently in USAToday. Fox led the investigation of Seattle¿s Capitol Hill mass shooting and was part of the task force investigating the serial murder of college students in Gainesville, Florida. He also served on President Clinton¿s advisory committee on school shootings, and a Department of Education Expert Panel on Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools. In addition, he has been retained as an expert witness/consultant in several mass shooting cases, including the recent massacres at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, and the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Fox is one of the principals in maintaining the Associated Press/USA Today/Northeastern University Mass Killing Database. Finally, he has received several awards and honors for his work, including the Hugo Adam Bedau Award for excellence in capital punishment scholarship.


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Accessibly written, yet analytically rich, Extreme Killing, is renown for its fascinating examination of historical and contemporary serial and mass murder. This Fifth Edition is filled with contemporary and classic case studies that illustrate the many violent expressions of power, revenge, terror, greed, and loyalty.