02199nam a2200337Ia 4500 280275 OCoLC 20160527195919.0 040917s2006 caua b 001 0 eng 2004113636 0534630189 DLC DLC THD P#O BAKER pcc n-us--- PUXA HV6529 .H53 2006 364.15'23'0973 364.1523 H6282s4 Hickey, Eric W. Local 110621 Serial murderers and their victims Eric W. Hickey. 4th ed. Belmont, CA Thomson Higher Education c2006. xix, 396 p. ill. 24 cm. Wadsworth contemporary issues in crime and justice series Local 186578 Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-383) and index. Foreword -- Preface -- 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 -- References -- Index. This text provides an in-depth, scholarly, and broad-based examination of serial murderers and their victims. The coverage is supported by extensive data and research, and it profiles some of the most prominent murderers of our time. The author examines the lives of over 400 serial murderers, analyzing the cultural, historical, and religious factors that influence our myths and stereotypes of these individuals. He then describes the biological, psychological, and sociological reasons for serial murder, offering his own Trauma-Control model for explaining serial murder behavior. Serial murders United States. Local 168170 Murder victims United States. Local 140155 Serial murderers United States Psychology. Local 168168 201641 201641 0 0 ddc 0 364_152300000000000_H6282S4 0 evl 286534 10 10 1 2016-05-27 gift 402988 0 364.1523 H6282s4 80000002298621 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:280275 6