Extreme killing : understanding serial and mass murder

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Title:

Author:

Fox, James Alan author.

ISBN:

9781483350721

Personal Author:

Fox, James Alan author.

Edition:

Third Edition.

Physical Description:

xiii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Contents:

Multiple Murder. America's fascination with multiple murder ; Defining multiple murder -- Serial Murder. An anatomy of serial murder ; With deliberation and purpose ; Murder without guilt ; Partners in murder ; Killing for company ; Fantasyland ; The making of a serial killer ; Nonsexual control ; Killing cults ; So many victims -- Massacres. For love, money, or revenge ; Family annihilation ; Firing back ; Schooled in mass murder ; Fighting city hall ; Hate motivated mass murder ; Going berserk ; Weapons of mass (murder) destruction -- Epilogue. Remembering the victims.

Abstract:

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.--Publisher's description.

Subject Term:

Serial murders -- United States.

Serial murders -- United States -- Case studies.

Mass murder -- United States.

Mass murder -- United States -- Case studies.

Added Author:

Levin, Jack, 1941-

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Extreme Killing, Third Edition gives a comprehensive overview of multiple homicide, including both serial and mass murder. James Alan Fox and Jack Levin are renowned experts and authors in the field and they bring their years of research to bear in this fascinating analysis of serial, multiple and mass murder. They 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 cinema), Anders Breivik (Oslo, Norway), Charles Manson ("Helter Skelter"), and Dennis Rader (BTK). This book involves the readers in the 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.