Using Murder
Subtitle: the Social Construction of Serial Homicide
By: Philip Jenkins
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781351328432
Subjects: Serial murders; Criminal psychology; Meurtres en série
Description: "First Published in 2017. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company."--Provided by publisher
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 The Construction of Problems and Panics  -- Philip Jenkins; title: chapter 2 The Reality of Serial Murder  -- Philip Jenkins; title: chapter 3 The Role of the Justice Department  -- Philip Jenkins; title: chapter 4 Popular Culture: Images of the Serial Killer  -- Philip Jenkins; title: chapter 5 Serial Murder as Modern Mythology  -- Philip Jenkins; title: chapter 6 The Social Critique: "The Kind of Society We Have Now"  -- Philip Jenkins; title: chapter 7 Everyman: Serial Murder as "Femicide"  -- Philip Jenkins; title: chapter 8 The Racial Dimension: Serial Murder as Bias Crime  -- Philip Jenkins; title: chapter 9 "A Homosexual Who Could Strike Again"  -- Philip Jenkins; title: chapter 10 "Darker Than We Imagine": Cults and Conspiracies  -- Philip Jenkins; title: chapter 11 Conclusion: Making and Establishing Claims -- Philip Jenkins.