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* This comprehensive perspective of serial murder in the U.S. provides a thorough analysis of the lives of offenders through the examination of individual cases, typology construction, and models for understanding many of their homicidal routes..* Following a strong introduction, the student is lead through cultural, historical, and religious influences which have, in some way, contributed the the myth development and stereotyping of serial killers..* Detailed profiles of 26 serial killers illustrate various types of offenders, with specific accounts of their lives and actions.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• 1 Introduction: The Phenomenon of Serial Murder
• 2 Cultural Development of Monsters, Demons, and Evil
• 3 Biology and Psychology in Serial Murder
• 4 Social Construction of Serial Murder
• 5 The Male Serial Murderer
• 6 Team Killers
• 7 The Female Serial Murderer
• 8 Victims
• 9 Interviewing Serial Murderers
• 10 Serial Murder from a Global Perspective
• 11 Serial Murder in Japan and South Africa
• 12 Profiling, Apprehension, and Disposition of Serial Killers.

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Eric W. Hickey, earned a Ph.D. in social psychology from Brigham Young University and taught sociology and criminology course at West Georgia College and at Ball State University. In 1990 he became a member of the criminology department at California State University, Fresno, where he currently teaches criminal psychology, patterns in homicide, and sex crimes. Dr. Hickey also serves as an adjunct professor for Fresno City College and the California School of Professional Psychology