The will to kill
Subtitle: making sense of senseless murder
By: James Alan Fox, Jack Levin, Kenna Quinet.
Contributors: Levin, Jack, 1941-; Quinet, Kenna.
Publisher: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Murder.; Homicide.; Criminal psychology.; Criminal justice, Administration of.
Description: "Fox, Levin, and Quinet explore the general theory of power and control as a central and unifying thesis for understanding why people kill." "Each chapter explores a different sub-type of homicide and the circumstances in which people kill each other. Case studies in each chapter use recent well-known examples that are relevant to public policy. The authors discuss how politicians use high-profile cases to change the criminal law or to secure funding for programs and policies to reduce violence, and how these high-profile cases shape public opinion about homicide."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-216) and index.