Serial Murder and the Psychology of Violent Crimes
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: December 5, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781588296856
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Criminal or forensic psychology; Violence in society; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Forensic Medicine; Criminal investigation; Criminal motives; Etiological factors; Mass murder; Medical / Psychiatry; Psychological mechanisms; Violent crime; Criminal Law - General; Psychiatry - General; Criminal behavior, Prediction of
Description: "This book assembles the collective expertise of an international group of scholars and practitioners who seek to explain the psychiatric, psychological and criminological factors that may account for the perpetration of serial violent crime." "The topics covered in this text examine the motivational dynamics of offenders including such dimensions as their apparent behavioral normalcy, sensational interests, sadism, narcissism, commonalties, gender and age patterns. Beyond psychological and etiological factors the topics encompassed by this book also consider investigative techniques, procedures, limitations and failures encountered with these forms of crime." --Book Jacket.