Base instincts, what makes killers kill?, Jonathan H. Pincus
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Base instincts, what makes killers kill?, Jonathan H. Pincus
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references
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no index present
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non fiction
Main title
Base instincts
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bibliography
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45668933
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Jonathan H. Pincus
Sub title
what makes killers kill?
Summary
Investigates the family backgrounds and medical history of serial killers Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy, and concludes that serial killers may be a product of a genetic predisposition to violence and an abusive environment
Table Of Contents
The theory of violence as taught by Louis Culpepper -- Murder on the school bus -- Murder by abuse -- Genes, geography, and the generation of violence -- Wrath: repression and release--the effects of frontal lobotomy -- Immaturity, mania, mistreatment, and miscreancy -- Toxins and turmoil -- Nature, nurture, and neurology -- Anatomy of evil -- Did you ever hear a baby cry? -- Hitler and hatred -- Prevention and treatment -- Appendix: tools of diagnosis: history, physical examination, and the role of tests
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