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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Generalization Versus Distinction -- Definitions of Mass and Serial Murder -- Theoretical Aspects of Multiple-Victims Murder -- Typologies of Mass and Serial Murder -- Profiles of Mass and Serial Murder and Murderers -- The Goals of the Book -- The Innovations Presented in the Book -- Summary -- Chapter One. Mass Murder and Mass Murderers -- Definitions -- Characteristics -- The Phenomenon and Its Analysis -- Scope of the Phenomenon -- Demographic Characteristic of a Mass Murderer and his Victims: Myth and Reality |
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Methodological and Theoretical Problems -- Biological Explanations -- Cultural and Social Explanations -- Culture, Society and Gender -- Psychosocial Explanations -- The Psychosis Explanation -- The Frustration-Aggression Explanation -- Fox and Levin's Explanation of a Mass Murder -- Mullen's Explanation (2004) -- Summary of the Characteristics and Explanations -- Summary -- Typologies of Mass Murder -- Toward a New Typology of Mass Murder and Mass Murderers -- The New Typology of Mass Murder and Murderers: According to the Murderer-Victims Relationships |
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According to the Selection of the Victims -- Individuals in Romantic Relationships with the Murderer -- Individuals with Family Relations with the Murderer -- Individuals who Belong to a Defined Social Group by an Academic-Occupational Status -- Individuals who Belong to a Social Category Which has a Conflict with the Group to Which the Murderer Belongs -- Individuals who are Murdered Due to Citizenship of a Country Which is Perceived by the Murderer as an Enemy -- Individuals who Belong to the Human Race in General Which is Perceived by the Murderer as an Archenemy -- Criticism |
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Creating the Myth of the Serial Murderer -- Characteristics and Definitions of Serial Murder and Murderers -- The Scope of the Phenomenon -- Demographic and Geographic Characteristics of Serial Murder and Murderers -- Psychological and Social Characteristics of Serial Murder and Murderers -- Explanations of Serial Murder and Murderers -- Methodological Problems -- Biological Explanations of Serial Murder and Murderers -- Psychological Explanations of Serial Murder and Murderers -- Psychosocial Explanations of Serial Murder and Murderers -- Summary of the Psychological and Psychosocial Theories |
| Summary |
Of the Phenomenon -- Mass Murder in Israel -- Chapter Two. Mass/Serial Murder and Murderers -- Explanations and Characteristics of Mass-Serial Murder and Murderers -- A Typology of Mass-Serial Murder and Murderers -- Mass-Serial Murderers who Act on Behalf of an Ethnic-Racial Ideology -- Mass-Serial Murderers Who Act on Behalf of a Nationalistic or Religious Ideology -- Mass-Serial Murderers Who Act Out of Material Motives -- Chapter Three. Serial Murder and Murderers -- Background -- Clarifying Concepts -- The History of Serial Murder and Murderers |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mass murder.
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Serial murders.
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Mass murder -- Israel.
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Criminology -- Psychological aspects.
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Mass shootings.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology. |
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Mass shootings |
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Mass murder |
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Serial murders |
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Israel https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdgWx83Xb7cjjrMXBJYyd |
| ISBN |
9783838272245 (electronic bk.) |
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3838272242 |
| Music No. |
EB00820414 Recorded Books |
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