Title: Base instincts : what makes killers kill? /
Authors: Pincus, Jonathan H., 1935-
Publisher: Norton,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Murder Psychological aspects; Murderers Psychology; Criminal Psychology; Homicide psychology
Abstract: Investigates the family backgrounds and medical history of serial killers Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy, and concludes that serial killers may be a product of a genetic predisposition to violence and an abusive environment.
Contents: The theory of violence as taught by Louis Culpepper -- Murder on the school bus -- Murder by abuse -- Genes, geography, and the generation of violence -- Wrath: repression and release--the effects of frontal lobotomy -- Immaturity, mania, mistreatment, and miscreancy -- Toxins and turmoil -- Nature, nurture, and neurology -- Anatomy of evil -- Did you ever hear a baby cry? -- Hitler and hatred -- Prevention and treatment -- Appendix: tools of diagnosis: history, physical examination, and the role of tests.