THE WILL TO KILL MAKING SENSE OF SENSELESS MURDER FOURTH EDITIONPDF电子书下载

Chapter 1 THE LURE AND THE LAW OF HOMICIDE 1

Fascination with Murder 1

Selling Evil 3

Homicide Law 4

Murder 6

Manslaughter 8

Defenses to Criminal Homicide 11

Homicide Law in Practice 15

Endnotes 17

Chapter 2 EXPLAINING THE WILL TO KILL 18

The Devil Made Me Do It 19

Back to the Classics 20

Using Science to Explain Violence 21

Biology Then and Now 22

Psychological Causes of Violence 26

The Social Sources of Murder 31

Strain, Frustration, and Murder 33

Cultural Deviance 35

Learning to Kill 35

Self-Control, Social Control, and Murder 37

A Word of Caution About Cause 38

Endnotes 41

Chapter 3 THE KILLERS AND THEIR VICTIMS 44

Race Differences 48

Gender Differences 51

Age Differences 54

Differences by Location 58

The Role of Firearms 64

Changing Patterns of Homicide 66

Breaking the Mold 67

Endnotes 68

Chapter 4 INTIMATE AND FAMILY MURDER 69

Killing for Profit and Practicality 69

Obsession and Jealousy 71

Power, Control, and Abuse 72

Family Annihilation 77

Parricide 77

Filicide 79

Infanticide 81

Motherhood by Proxy 86

Killing for Love? 87

Murder-Suicide 88

Prevention and Response 89

Endnotes 91

Chapter 5 THE YOUNG AND THE RUTHLESS 93

An "Epidemic" of Youth Homicide 93

Explaining the 1990s Decline 99

Principles of Prevention 103

Dial M for Media 104

Justice for Juveniles 108

Looking Ahead 112

Endnotes 113

Chapter 6 WELL-SCHOOLED IN MURDER 115

The Risk of School Homicide 117

Copycat Shootings 120

Adult School Shooters 121

Explaining School Massacres 122

Blaming Parents 124

Fear Factor 126

Responses to School Shootings 127

Healthy and Safe Schools 131

Combating School Bullying 132

On to College 133

Endnotes 135

Chapter 7 SERIAL KILLERS 137

A Profile of Serial Killers 141

The Murdering Mind 148

Childhood Origins 152

Victim Selection 155

Endnotes 156

Chapter 8 MEDICAL MURDER 157

Counting Medical Murders 158

Motives and Types of Medical Murderers 161

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy 167

Administrative Facilitators 170

Prevention and Intervention 171

Endnotes 174

Chapter 9 RAMPAGE 175

Methodical and Selective 175

Losses and Frustrations 180

Profile of the Workplace Avenger 182

Murderous Customers and Clients 188

Endnotes 190

Chapter 10 HATE HOMICIDES 191

Characteristics of Hate Homicide 191

Types of Hate Homicide 194

Organized Hate Groups 198

The Role of the Military 200

Current State of Hate Crime Laws 201

Endnotes 202

Chapter 11 MURDEROUS TERROR 203

Hate Homicide and Domestic Terrorism 203

International Terrorism 204

Homegrown Terrorism 205

Prison as a Terrorist Recruiting Center 208

American Muslims and Domestic Terrorism 208

Left-Wing Vs. Right-Wing Terrorists 209

Single-Issue Terrorism 212

The Impact of Murderous Terror 213

Endnotes 214

Chapter 12 CULT KILLINGS 216

Dangerous Cults 216

The Appeal of Cults 218

Charismatic Leaders and Their Followers 219

Needs Fulfilled by Cults 222

Normal People in Abnormal Situations 224

Suicide or Homicide? 226

Endnotes 228

Chapter 13 CATCHING KILLERS 229

Science of the Lambs 229

Clearance Rates 235

ViCAP and Profiling 239

Sightings and Visions 244

Working a Homicide in the Media Spotlight 245

Endnotes 248

Chapter 14 GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER, OR NOT 249

The Insanity Defense 249

Capital Punishment 255

Punishing Juvenile Murderers 263

Epidemic Thinking and Overresponse 266

Endnotes 268

Index 269