Serial killers and sadistic murderers
Subtitle: up close and personal
By: Jack Levin.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781591025764
Subjects: Serial murders -- Case studies; Murderers -- Case studies; Murderers -- Psychology
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Conversing with the devil; title: Gaining a sadistic thrill; title: Silencing the lambs; title: Looking more innocent than an innocent man; title: Killing without a care; title: Hating enough to kill; title: Hiding domestic violence; title: Fighting the culture of silence; title: Killing for company; title: Planning and plotting to kill; title: Motivating mindless murder; title: Teaming up to kill; title: Threatening to kill; title: Victimizing the vulnerable; title: Stigmatizing the community; title: Preventing the murderous impulse; title: Responding to the murderous impulse; title: Endnotes; title: Index.