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Serial killers : the psychosocial development of humanity's worst offenders /

Whether it be Jack the Ripper in nineteenth-century England or Ted Bundy in 1970s America, the public has always been fascinated by the criminal offender type known as the serial killer. Professionals continue to speculate and develop new theories about their identity decades after their crimes ende...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harmening, William M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Springfield, Illinois : Charles C. Thomas, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Whether it be Jack the Ripper in nineteenth-century England or Ted Bundy in 1970s America, the public has always been fascinated by the criminal offender type known as the serial killer. Professionals continue to speculate and develop new theories about their identity decades after their crimes ended. But what is it that causes such evilness in individuals that causes them to take an innocent life, not once but multiples times, and for no apparent reason beyond their own perverse psychological gratification? This fascinating book explores this question by looking at the psychosocial determinan.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780398081140
039808114X