Extreme Killing : Understanding Serial and Mass Murder /: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James Alan Fox, Jack Levin.
• Authors: Fox, James Alan; Levin, Jack, 1941-
• Contents: And Spree; A Typology of Multiple Murder; Theories of Multiple Homicide; Social Learning Theory; Routine Activity Theory; Control Theory; Applying the Framework; Part II: Serial Murder; Chapter 3: An Anatomy of Serial Murder; Prevalence of Serial Murder; Extraordinarily Ordinary; A Profile of the Typical Serial Killer; Chapter 4: With Deliberation and Purpose; When Killing is Thrilling; On a Deadly Mission of Terror or Revenge; Killing for Expediency; For Love and Loyalty; Chapter 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; Chapter 6: Partners in Murder; Insanity in the Relationship; Partners for Profit; Partnerships of. Men and Women; Chapter 7: Killing for Company; Placing the Blame; Killing for Companionship; The Functions of Cannibalism; Desire for Total Control and Ownership; Chapter 8: Fantasyland; Keeping Souvenirs; Normal and Abnormal Fantasies; The Impact of Pornography; Chapter 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; Chapter 10: Nonsexual Control; Power over Patients; Female Serial Killers; Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy; Chapter 11: Killing Cults; Killing for a Cause; The Appeal of Dangerous Cults; Suicide or Homicide?; Satanism and Serial Murder; Chapter 12: So Many Victims; Vulnerable. Victims Preferred; Catching the Serial Killer; Behavioral Profiling; VICAP; DNA; Lucky Breaks; Part III: Massacres; Chapter 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; Contributing Factors; Chapter 14: Family Annihilation; A Profile of the Family Annihilator; Impact off Unemployment; Murdering Moms; The Defiant Son; Chapter 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; Chapter 16: Schooled in Mass Murder; Disgruntled Students; A Global Perspective; On to College; The Role of Violent Video Games; Shooting for Infamy; Shooting for Infamy; Adult Copycats; Overstating the Copycat Effect?
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 345 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 364.15230973; Serial murders -- United States; Serial murders -- United States -- Case studies; Mass murder -- United States; Mass murder -- United States -- Case studies; Mass murder; Serial murders; United States; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483352794
• Related ISBNs: 148335279X; 9781483350721; 9781483352800; 1483352803
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.