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Why they kill : the discoveries of a maverick criminologist Cover Image

Why they kill : the discoveries of a maverick criminologist / Richard Rhodes.

Rhodes, Richard, 1937- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0375402497
Physical Description: x, 371 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-350) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I Man Who Talks to Murderers -- 1 Bring It On 7 -- 2 Thoughts Filled with Ghosts 18 -- 3 How the System Works 27 -- 4 Full, Ugly Reality 38 -- 5 Taking the Attitude of the Other 48 -- 6 Beautiful Narrative 59 -- 7 Conscious Constructions 66 -- 8 Phantom Communities 79 -- 9 Academic Crackers and Cheese 96 -- 10 Creation of Dangerous Violent Criminals (I) 109 -- 11 Creation of Dangerous Violent Criminals (II) 125 -- Part II Civilizing Process -- 12 Cheryl Crane 143 -- 13 Alex Kelly, Perry Smith, Mike Tyson 156 -- 14 Lee Harvey Oswald 175 -- 15 Murders with Motives 199 -- 16 Monopolies of Violence 214 -- 17 History of Childhood 228 -- 18 Primitive Violence 251 -- Part III Self as a Soliloquy -- 19 Dramatic Self-Change 267 -- 20 Universal Processes 273 -- 21 Gates of Mercy Shut Up 286 -- 22 Strategies of Prevention and Control 313.