Jack Levin, Julie B. Wiest

Broschiertes Buch

The Allure of Premeditated Murder

Why Some People Plan to Kill

Beschreibung

The Allure of Premeditated Murder examines why some people plan and implement terrible violence against others. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with murderers, Jack Levin and Julie B. Wiest help readers understand why such vicious murders occur and what we can do to minimize their incidence.

Autor

Jack Levin is the Brudnick Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at Northeastern University, where he co-directs its Center on Violence and Conflict. He has authored or co-authored more than 30 books, most recently Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder, The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder, and The Violence of Hate: Understanding Harmful Forms of Bias and Bigotry. Julie B. Wiest is an Associate Professor of Sociology at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She authored Creating Cultural Monsters: Serial Murder in America, as well as scholarly articles examining the influence of gender roles in court case outcomes of filicidal parents; media coverage of serial murder, mass murder, and active shooters; and public interest in serial and mass murder.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 142mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 266g
• ISBN-13: 9781538138977
• ISBN-10: 1538138972
• Artikelnr.: 58015182