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Suicidal mass murderers : a criminological study of why they kill / John Liebert and William J. Birnes.

Title
Suicidal mass murderers : a criminological study of why they kill / John Liebert and William J. Birnes.
Author
Liebert, John (John A.)
Publication
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2011.

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
Birnes, William J.
Description
xvii, 317 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Criminal Behavior
  • Criminal Psychology
  • Criminal behavior, Prediction of
  • Criminal psychology
  • Homicide
  • Mass murder > Psychological aspects > Case studies
  • Mass murderers > Psychology > Case studies
  • Suicidal behavior > Case studies
  • Suicide
  • Violence > Prevention
  • Violence > prevention & control
Genre/Form
  • Case Reports
  • Case studies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Cho Seung-Hui -- 2. Who was Cho Seung-Hui? -- 3. What we have learned from the Virginia Tech massacre -- 4. Prediction of violence : who is dangerous to whom, why, and what can be done about it? -- 5. The Virginia panel and campus safety -- 6. An epidemic of campus and workplace suicidal mass murder -- 7. The psychotic -- 8. Cho Seung-Hui, attachment disorders, and pathological narcissism -- 9. Best clinical practices -- 10. Potential signs for dangerous behavior and best practice solutions.
ISBN
  • 9781420076783 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1420076787 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2010032789