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Book SynopsisIn recent years, there has been a surge in school shootings, workplace homicides, hate violence, and deadly terrorist attacks in the United States. This has resulted in a greater focus on homicidal behavior, its antecedents, ways to recognize warning signs of at-risk victims and offenders, and preventive measures. It has also led to increased efforts by lawmakers to create and pass tough crime legislation as well as improved federal, state, and local law enforcement response to murder and other violent crimes. The Dynamics of Murder: Kill or Be Killed is a multifaceted probe of murder offenses, offenders, victims, and characteristics of homicide in American society.
This book breaks new ground in homicide studies by examining issues generally ignored or neglected among researchers. Topics include murders occurring in the workplace and in schools, those perpetrated by gangs and terrorists, those incited by bias, and intimate and intrafamilial murders. T
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"The Dynamics of Murder: Kill or Be Killed is a compelling new examination of homicide by award winning literary criminologist R. Barri Flowers. Mr. Flowers provides an academically rigorous, highly informative and very readable analysis of the complexities of murder and its causes. He offers vivid case studies of murder to complement this well researched criminology text. Mr. Flowers' clear and concise writing style make this important new book a terrific addition to the classroom and home library."
—Scott Bonn, Ph.D., Professor of Criminology at Drew University and Media Analyst
"This sweeping survey, covering every conceivable aspect of a vitally important subject, is an indispensable sourcebook for anyone interested in American homicide, from law-enforcement professionals to armchair criminologists. For a book so packed with data, it is also a consistently fascinating read, beautifully conceived and organized, and written in the lucid, vigorous style that his fans have to expect from R. Barri."
—Harold Schechter, Professor of American Literature and Culture at Queens College and Bestselling Author of The Serial Killer Files
Table of ContentsThe Dynamics of Murder. The Nature of Murder. Firearms, Substance Abuse, and Murder. Murder and the Criminal Justice System. Domestic Murder. Intimate Homicide. Infanticide. Parricide. Other Intrafamilial Homicide. Interpersonal and Societal Murder. Workplace Homicide. Bias-Motivated Homicide. Terrorism and Murder. Internet and Murder. Youth and Murder. Youth Gangs and Homicide. School Killings. Types of Killers. Sexual Killers. Serial Killers. Mass Murderers. Self-Killers. Case Studies of Murder. Gerald and Charlene Gallego. Sahel Kazemi. Byran Koji Uyesugi. Charles Stuart. Sarah Marie Johnson. Explanations for Murder. Criminal Homicide Theories. Bibliography. About The Author. Index. List of Figures.
