Description
Book SynopsisAccessibly written, yet analytically rich,
Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder, is renowned for its fascinating examination of historical and contemporary serial and mass murder. Authors and experts in the field, James Alan Fox, Jack Levin, and Emma Fridel, 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 tragic events that involve hate crimes, killings at religious services, music festivals, and school shootings.
This
Fifth Edition is filled with contemporary and classic case studies and has been updated to include coverage of controversial issues such as gun control and mental illness, the role of high-powered weapons in mass shootings, and the distinction between serial and mass murder.
Table of ContentsPart I Multiple Murder Chapter 1: America’s Fascination with Multiple Murder Chapter 2: Defining Multiple Murder Chapter 3: Theories of Multiple Homicide Part II Serial Murder Chapter 4: An Anatomy of Serial Murder Chapter 5: With Deliberation and Purpose Chapter 6: Partners in Murder Chapter 7: Killing for Company Chapter 8: Fantasyland Chapter 9: The Making of a Serial Killer Chapter 10: Nonsexual Control Chapter 11: Killing Cults Chapter 12: Catching Serial Killers Part III Mass Murder Chapter 13: Mass Murder Facts Chapter 14: For Love, Money or Revenge Chapter 15: Family Annihilation Chapter 16: Firing Back Chapter 17: Well-Schooled in Mass Murder Chapter 18: Fighting City Hall Chapter 19: Hate-Motivated Mass Murder Chapter 20: Terror as Tactic Chapter 21: Going Berserk Chapter 22: Weapons of Mass (Murder) Destruction Part IV Aftermath Chapter 23: Coping with Tragedy Chapter 24: Postscript
