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Serial murderers and their victims / Eric W. Hickey.

Title
Serial murderers and their victims / Eric W. Hickey.
Author
Hickey, Eric W.
Publication
Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Pub., c2002.

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Description
xv, 368 p. : ill.; 24 cm. +
Summary
Resource added for the Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement 105046 and Professional Studies 105045 programs.
Series Statement
Wadsworth contemporary issues in crime and justice series
Uniform Title
Contemporary issues in crime and justice series.
Subject
  • Homicide > psychology
  • Homicide > classification
  • Serial murders > United States
  • Serial murderers > United States > Psychology
  • Murder victims > United States
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Case Reports
  • CD-ROMS.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-355) and index.
System Details (note)
  • System requirements for accompanying computer disc: Windows PC's ; CD-ROM drive.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Introduction: Phenomenon of serial murder. Serial murder : fact and fiction -- Numbers and types of mass murders and serial killings in the United States -- Defining homicide, murder, and serial murder -- Typologies of murder -- Methodology used in this book -- Cultural development of monsters, demons, and evil. Serial murder, cults, and the occult -- Notion of evil -- When evil embraces good -- When good embraces evil -- Biology and psychology in serial murder. Psychobiology and biochemical theories of violent behavior -- Insanity : what is it? -- Constructing the psychopath -- Interviewing serial murderers -- Social construction of serial murder. Social structure theory -- social class theory -- Social process theory -- Neutralization theory -- Social control theory -- Labeling theory -- MacDonald triad -- Etiology of serial killing -- Trauma control model of the serial killer -- Stalking -- Signatures -- Cyclical nature of serial killing --^
  • Male serial murderer. Emergence of male serial murderers. Myths of serial murder -- Mobility and victimization -- Offenders' backgrounds and occupations -- Disposition of serial killers -- Men who kill women : the solo killer -- Lust killers -- Men who kill men : the solo killer -- Men who kill children -- Men who kill the elderly -- Men who kill families -- Men who kill men and women -- Team killers. Identifying team killers -- Occupations of team serial killers -- Team killing and mobility -- Ritualism, cults, and child victims -- Victim selection -- Methods and motives -- Offender history -- Disposition of offenders -- Female serial murderer. Identifying female murderers -- Emergence of female serial murderers -- Victim selection -- Methods and motives -- Psychopathology of female offenders -- Sentencing female offenders -- Victims. Demographics of victimization in serial murder -- Victim selection and prostitutes -- Victim facilitation -- Missing and murdered children --^
  • Protection and prevention -- Agencies for missing, murdered, and exploited children -- Interviewing serial murderers. Interview with a male serial murderer -- Serial murder from a global perspective. Beyond Jack the Ripper -- Global issues in serial murder -- Assessing global data on serial murder -- Gorby study -- Profiling, apprehension, and disposition of serial killers. Forensic science -- Profiling -- NCAVC and VICAP -- Disposition -- Closing thoughts.
ISBN
0534545696 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2001026525
OCLC
46937476
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library