Overkill: Mass Murder and Serial Killing Exposed - Softcover

Fox, Alan James; Levin, Jack

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ISBN 10: 0440221897 ISBN 13: 9780440221890

Verlag: Dell Pub Co, 1996

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Two nationally prominent criminologists explain the psychology of serial killers, including Jeffrey Dahmer, Joel Rifkin, Ted Bundy, and Colin Fergusson, examining their childhoods, their motivations and fantasies, and the role of society in forming them. Reprint.

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decade the world has witnessed a  frightening surge in mass murders and serial  killings. This rash of multiple murders -- in the sheer  number of body counts and volume of blood spilled  -- has shocked civilized society. With each new  discovery of another serial killer, the level of  brutality and gore seems to sink us even deeper  into the abyss of inhumanity. Why this sudden  proliferation of multiple murders, be they the bloody  trail of carnage of a serial murderer or the  unexpected deadly explosion of a mass murderer? What  makes someone go on a murderous rampage? How do  serial killers and mass murderers  differ?



Criminologists James Alan Fox and Jack Levin  - -the nationally renowned authorities on  multiple murder -- have led the field in investigating  these phenomena for over a decade. In this  

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decade the world has witnessed a frightening surge in mass murders and serial killings. This rash of multiple murders -- in the sheer number of body counts and volume of blood spilled -- has shocked civilized society. With each new discovery of another serial killer, the level of brutality and gore seems to sink us even deeper into the abyss of inhumanity. Why this sudden proliferation of multiple murders, be they the bloody trail of carnage of a serial murderer or the unexpected deadly explosion of a mass murderer? What makes someone go on a murderous rampage? How do serial killers and mass murderers differ?<br><br><br><br>Criminologists James Alan Fox and Jack Levin - -the nationally renowned authorities on multiple murder -- have led the field in investigating these phenomena for over a decade. In this

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• Verlag: Dell Pub Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0440221897
• ISBN 13: 9780440221890
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: DELL; azmaibenben@outlook.com; ; CL MODESTO LAFUENTE 41; Madrid; Madrid; Spanien