Mass And Serial Murder In America

Author : Christine M. Sarteschi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783319442815

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Mass and Serial Murder in America by Christine M. Sarteschi Pdf

This timely reference examines the psychological and social phenomena of mass and serial murder, bringing scholarly depth to a frequently sensationalized subject. Its review of the literature features case studies of serial and mass murderers to expand on salient theories of evil, with biopsychosocial profiles highlighting core personality traits, particularly malignant narcissism, associated with psychopathy and its often deadly outcomes. The author’s insightful analysis separates misconceptions from reality, poses questions for critical thinking and discussion, and offers realistic suggestions for prevention. Public fascination with these violent figures—the mystique of serial killers and their popularity in the entertainment media—is explored as well. Included in the coverage: · Public interest in mass and serial murder. · Concepts of evil: where it comes from, and why people kill. · Mass murder: classification, motivation, and typologies. · Serial murder: motivation and typologies. · Current trends in prevention, and areas for improvement. · Plus instructive case studies, both famous and less-known. Mass and Serial Murder in America is illuminating reading for undergraduate and graduate students and practitioners in social science disciplines such as criminal justice, criminology, social work, psychology, forensic psychology, and related fields. It will also find an audience among educators teaching courses in these areas, as well as interested laypersons.

Author : Arnon Edelstein
Publisher : Ibidem Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 383821224X

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Mass Murder and Serial Murder by Arnon Edelstein Pdf

While "Mass murder" refers to the murder of several people at the same time, "serial murder" describes several killings by the same perpetrator in a repetitive pattern. Usually these incidents count a high toll of victims and create significant anxiety in the public. Yet, the rate of finding murderers in these cases is relatively very low, especially in serial murders; that is if they are ever caught at all. Arnon Edelstein examines the various categories of mass murder and serial murder and suggests a new category: "mass-serial murder". He presents and criticizes the most up-to-date research and theoretical literature in the field and suggests an integrative theoretical model. This groundbreaking volume is intended for criminologists, psychologists, sociologists, students, and readers who are interested in truly understanding the complicated aspects of this fascinating field of investigation.

Author : Julie B. Wiest
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781439851555

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Creating Cultural Monsters by Julie B. Wiest Pdf

Serial murderers generate an abundance of public interest, media coverage, and law enforcement attention, yet after decades of studies, serial murder researchers have been unable to answer the most important question: Why? Providing a unique and comprehensive exploration, Creating Cultural Monsters: Serial Murder in America explains connections between American culture and the incidence of serial murder, including reasons why most identified serial murderers are white, male Americans. It describes the omnipresence of serial murder in American media and investigates what it would take to decrease its occurrence. Presenting empirically supported arguments that have the potential to revolutionize how serial murder is understood, studied, and investigated, this volume: Places the serial murder phenomenon in a cultural context, promoting qualitative understanding and the potential for reducing its frequency Includes an illustrated model that explains how people utilize cultural values to construct lines of action according to their cultural competencies Demonstrates how the American cultural milieu fosters serial murder and the creation of white male serial murderers Provides a critique of the American mass media’s role in the development and notoriety of serial murder Describes the framework on which the majority of definitions of serial murder are based Drawn from years of dedicated research of Dr. Julie B. Wiest, this volume presents a new approach to the study of U.S. serial murder, offers important implications for law enforcement and mass media, and forms a basis for future research on serial murder, murder, and violence in the U.S. and in other nations.

Author : Jack Levin,James Fox
Publisher : Berkley
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Criminal psychology
ISBN : 0425124436

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Mass Murder by Jack Levin,James Fox Pdf

Author : Ronald M. Holmes,Stephen T. Holmes
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412974424

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Serial Murder by Ronald M. Holmes,Stephen T. Holmes Pdf

Provides a solid review of the subject, with an accessible, incisive presentation, including photos and features unique to this edition.

Author : James Alan Fox,Jack Levin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781489960702

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Overkill by James Alan Fox,Jack Levin Pdf

Author : James Alan Fox,Jack Levin
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483352800

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Extreme Killing by James Alan Fox,Jack Levin Pdf

Filled with contemporary and classic case studies, this fascinating overview of both serial and mass murder illustrates the many violent expressions of power, revenge, terror, greed, and loyalty. Throughout the book, renowned experts James Alan Fox and Jack Levin examine the theories of criminal behavior and apply them to a multitude of mass and serial murderers from around the world, such as Adam Lanza (Newtown, CT), James Holmes (Aurora, CO cinema), Anders Breivik (Oslo, Norway), Charles Manson (“Helter Skelter”), and Dennis Rader (BTK). This fully updated Third Edition of Extreme Killing helps readers understand the commonalities and variations among multiple murders, addresses the characteristics of both killers and their victims, and, in the concluding chapter, discusses the special concerns of multiple murder victims and their survivors.

Author : Mark Seltzer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781135206864

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Serial Killers by Mark Seltzer Pdf

In this provocative cultural study, the serial killer emerges as a central figure in what Mark Seltzer calls 'America's wound culture'. From the traumas displayed by talk show guests and political candidates, to the violent entertainment of Crash or The Alienist, to the latest terrible report of mass murder, we are surrounded by the accident from which we cannot avert our eyes. Bringing depth and shadow to our collective portrait of what a serial killer must be, Mark Seltzer draws upon popular sources, scholarly analyses, and the language of psychoanalysis to explore the genesis of this uniquely modern phenomenon. Revealed is a fascination with machines and technological reproduction, with the singular and the mass, with definitions of self, other, and intimacy. What emerges is a disturbing picture of how contemporary culture is haunted by technology and the instability of identity.

Author : Time-Life Books
Publisher : Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Assassins
ISBN : IND:30000112857929

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Mass Murderers by Time-Life Books Pdf

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Author : James Alan Fox,Jack Levin,Emma E. Fridel
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781506349121

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Extreme Killing by James Alan Fox,Jack Levin,Emma E. Fridel Pdf

Extreme Killing offers a comprehensive overview of multiple homicide, including both serial and mass murder. Filled with classic and contemporary case studies, this fully updated Fourth Edition reflects a growing concern for specific types of multiple homicides—indiscriminate public massacres, terrorist attacks, hate crimes, and school shootings—as well as largely debated issues such as gun control and mental illness. Renowned experts and authors in the field, James Alan Fox, Jack Levin, and Emma Fridel bring their years of research and experience to create distinctions between serial and mass murders, address characteristics of both killers and their victims, and recognize the special concerns around multiple murder victims and their survivors. Students will examine the latest theories of criminal behavior and apply them to mass and serial murderers from around the world, such as the mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas, the Grim Sleeper in Los Angeles, the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, the shooting of nine African Americans by a white supremacist in a Charleston church, and more.

Author : Katherine Ramsland
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781101619056

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The Human Predator by Katherine Ramsland Pdf

When we think of serial killing, we tend to think of it as a perversion of contemporary society. The Human Predator makes an eye-opening case for the existence of serial killers throughout time—the motives and methods, the societies that spawned them, and the historical periods in which they lived . . . and killed. From Ancient Rome and the Dark Ages to the open roads of America, from the exploits of French religious zealot Gilles de Rais to such high-profile monsters as Jeffrey Dahmer and Aileen Wuornos, Katherine Ramsland offers a complete chronological record of the serial-killer phenomenon—and the parallel development of psychology, forensic science, and FBI profiling in the serial killer’s evolving manifestation throughout human history. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS

Author : Ronald M. Holmes,Stephen T. Holmes
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Criminal psychology
ISBN : 0139343083

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Mass Murder in the United States by Ronald M. Holmes,Stephen T. Holmes Pdf

This book presents readers with a comprehensive and readable manuscript dealing with the social issue of mass murder. By examining each type of mass killer using the same format, the authors hope that readers will be able to distinguish between mass and serial murderers. Because looking at particular cases provides understanding as to the mentality and the mind of a mass killer, each chapter includes cases that illustrate the different types of mass killers. This coverage details the disciple mass killer, the family annihilator, the disgruntled employee mass killer, the ideological mass killer, the set-and-run mass killer, the disgruntled citizen mass killer, the psychotic mass killer, youthful killers in school shootings, and problems in mass murder investigation. For professionals in the fields of Criminal Justice, Sociology, Psychology, and Law Enforcement.

Author : Robert E. Hanlon,Thomas V Odle
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780809332632

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Survived by One by Robert E. Hanlon,Thomas V Odle Pdf

On November 8, 1985, 18-year-old Tom Odle brutally murdered his parents and three siblings in the small southern Illinois town of Mount Vernon, sending shockwaves throughout the nation. The murder of the Odle family remains one of the most horrific family mass murders in U.S. history. Odle was sentenced to death and, after seventeen years on death row, expected a lethal injection to end his life. However, Illinois governor George Ryan’s moratorium on the death penalty in 2000, and later commutation of all death sentences in 2003, changed Odle’s sentence to natural life. The commutation of his death sentence was an epiphany for Odle. Prior to the commutation of his death sentence, Odle lived in denial, repressing any feelings about his family and his horrible crime. Following the commutation and the removal of the weight of eventual execution associated with his death sentence, he was confronted with an unfamiliar reality. A future. As a result, he realized that he needed to understand why he murdered his family. He reached out to Dr. Robert Hanlon, a neuropsychologist who had examined him in the past. Dr. Hanlon engaged Odle in a therapeutic process of introspection and self-reflection, which became the basis of their collaboration on this book. Hanlon tells a gripping story of Odle’s life as an abused child, the life experiences that formed his personality, and his tragic homicidal escalation to mass murder, seamlessly weaving into the narrative Odle’s unadorned reflections of his childhood, finding a new family on death row, and his belief in the powers of redemption. As our nation attempts to understand the continual mass murders occurring in the U.S., Survived by One sheds some light on the psychological aspects of why and how such acts of extreme carnage may occur. However, Survived by One offers a never-been-told perspective from the mass murderer himself, as he searches for the answers concurrently being asked by the nation and the world.

Author : Ronald M. Holmes,Stephen T. Holmes
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780761920922

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Murder in America by Ronald M. Holmes,Stephen T. Holmes Pdf

This revised and updated edition of Murder in America presents a pragmatic examination of both common and unusual acts of homicide in the United States.

Author : Peter Vronsky
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780593198827

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American Serial Killers by Peter Vronsky Pdf

Fans of Mindhunter and true crime podcasts will devour these chilling stories of serial killers from the American "Golden Age" (1950-2000). With books like Serial Killers, Female Serial Killers and Sons of Cain, Peter Vronsky has established himself as the foremost expert on the history of serial killers. In this first definitive history of the "Golden Age" of American serial murder, when the number and body count of serial killers exploded, Vronsky tells the stories of the most unusual and prominent serial killings from the 1950s to the early twenty-first century. From Ted Bundy to the Golden State Killer, our fascination with these classic serial killers seems to grow by the day. American Serial Killers gives true crime junkies what they crave, with both perennial favorites (Ed Kemper, Jeffrey Dahmer) and lesser-known cases (Melvin Rees, Harvey Glatman).