Waubonsee Community College

The will to kill, making sense of senseless murder, James Alan Fox, Jack Levin, Kenna Quinet

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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non fiction

The will to kill

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James Alan Fox, Jack Levin, Kenna Quinet

making sense of senseless murder

ch. 1. The lure and the law of homicide -- Fascination with murder -- Selling evil -- Homicide law -- Murder -- Manslaughter -- Defenses to criminal homicide -- Homicide law in practice --ch. 2. Explaining the will to kill -- The devil made me do it -- Back to the classics -- Using science to explain violence -- Biology then and now -- Psychological causes of violence -- The social sources of murder -- Strain, frustration and murder -- Cultural deviance -- Learning to kill -- Self-control, social control and murder -- A word of caution about cause --ch. 3. The killers and their victims -- Race differences -- Gender differences -- Age differences -- Differences by location -- The role of firearms -- Changing patterns of homicide -- Breaking the mold --ch. 4. Intimate and family murder -- Killing for profit and practicality -- Obsession and jealousy -- Power, control and abuse -- Family annihilation -- Parricide -- Filicide -- Infanticide -- Motherhood by proxy -- Killing for love? -- Murder-suicide -- Prevention and response --ch. 5. The young and the ruthless -- An "epidemic" of youth homicide -- Explaining the 1990s decline -- Principles of prevention -- Diam M for media -- Justice for juveniles -- Looking ahead --ch. 6. Well-schooled in murder -- The risk of school homicide -- Copycat shootings -- Adult school shooters -- Explaining school massacres -- Blaming parents -- Fear factor -- Responses to school shootings -- Healthy and safe schools -- combating school bullying -- On to college --ch. 7. Serial killers -- A profile of serial killers -- The murdering mind -- Childhood origins -- Victim selection --ch. 8. Medical murder -- Counting medical murders -- Motives and types of medical murderers -- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy -- Administrative facilitators -- Prevention and intervention --ch. 9. Rampage -- Methodical and selective -- Losses and frustrations -- Profile of the workplace avenger -- Murderous customers and clients --ch. 10. Hate homicides -- Characteristics of hate homicide -- Types of hate homicide -- Organized hate groups -- The role of the military --Current state of hate crime laws --ch. 11. Murderous terror -- Hate homicide and domestic terrorism -- International terrorism -- Homegrown terrorism -- Prison as a terrorist recruiting center -- American Muslims and domestic terrorism -- Left-wing vs. right-wing terrorists -- Single-issue terrorism -- The impact of murderous terror --ch. 12. Cult killings -- Dangerous cults -- The appeal of cults -- Charismatic leaders and their followers -- Needs fulfilled by cults -- Normal people in abnormal situations -- Suicide or homicide? --ch. 13. Catching killers -- Science of the lambs -- Clearance rates -- ViCAP and profiling -- Sightings and visions -- Working a homicide in the media spotlight --ch. 14. Getting away with murder, or not -- The insanity defense -- Capital punishment -- Punishing juvenile murderers -- Epidemic thinking and overresponse