This book considers the phenomenon of sexual serial killing from the perspective of motivation theory. By examining biological, psychological and social determinants, it develops a model of sexual killing that integrates the widely dispersed existing literature. The book is written engagingly and without jargon to appeal to a wide readership.
This book considers the phenomenon of sexual serial killing from the perspective of motivation theory. By examining biological, psychological and social determinants, it develops a model of sexual killing that integrates the widely dispersed existing literature. The book is written engagingly and without jargon to appeal to a wide readership.
Frederick Toates, D.Sc., is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the Open University, UK. His book How Sexual Desire Works: The Enigmatic Urge (Cambridge, 2014) won the 2015 PROSE Award for Psychology from the Association of American Publishers. His other books include Biological Psychology (2011) and Motivational Systems (Cambridge, 1986).
Inhaltsangabe
Part I. The Factors that Underlie Lust Killing: 1. How to gain understanding 2. A focus on the individual 3. States of brain and mind 4. A focus on the context 5. Ways of explaining 6. The motivation underlying serial lust killing 7. Inhibition 8. The making of a sex-linked killer 9. Linking normality to abnormality 10. Looking for a thrill 11. Beyond conventional desire: Paraphilias 12. Can it become addictive? Part II. Biographical Sketches: 13. Similarities and differences 14. A focus on the males in the family 15. A focus on the (ex) wife 16. A focus on the mother: Being given up for adoption 17. A focus on the mother: Uncertainty 18. A focus on the mother: Her behavior 19. A focus on revenge 20. Just for being gay 21. Fetishes and partialisms 22. Imprinting on powerful events 23. Living in farmyard squalor 24. Cross-dressing 25. Attachment-linked killers 26. A desire for child victims 27. Stress and disorganization 28. Problems with sexual potency 29. Paired killers: Male 30. Paired killers: Male and female 31. Drugs and addiction in focus 32. More questions than answers Part III. Final Word: 33. Bringing things together.
Part I. The Factors that Underlie Lust Killing: 1. How to gain understanding 2. A focus on the individual 3. States of brain and mind 4. A focus on the context 5. Ways of explaining 6. The motivation underlying serial lust killing 7. Inhibition 8. The making of a sex-linked killer 9. Linking normality to abnormality 10. Looking for a thrill 11. Beyond conventional desire: Paraphilias 12. Can it become addictive? Part II. Biographical Sketches: 13. Similarities and differences 14. A focus on the males in the family 15. A focus on the (ex) wife 16. A focus on the mother: Being given up for adoption 17. A focus on the mother: Uncertainty 18. A focus on the mother: Her behavior 19. A focus on revenge 20. Just for being gay 21. Fetishes and partialisms 22. Imprinting on powerful events 23. Living in farmyard squalor 24. Cross-dressing 25. Attachment-linked killers 26. A desire for child victims 27. Stress and disorganization 28. Problems with sexual potency 29. Paired killers: Male 30. Paired killers: Male and female 31. Drugs and addiction in focus 32. More questions than answers Part III. Final Word: 33. Bringing things together.
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