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The perversion of virtue : understanding murder-suicide /

"Of the approximately 38,500 deaths by suicide in the U.S. annually, about two percent - between 750 and 800 - are murder-suicides. The horror of the murder-suicide looms large in the public consciousness-they are reported in the media with more frequency and far more sensationalism than most s...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Joiner, Thomas, Jr
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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505 0 |a Cover -- The Perversion of Virtue -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Section 1 Introductory Material -- 1 Murder-Suicide: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Initial Conceptualization -- 2 Understanding Murder -- 3 Understanding Suicide -- 5 Understanding Virtue -- Section 2 Understanding Murder-Suicide as a Perversion of Virtue -- 5 A Perversion of Mercy -- 6 A Perversion of Justice -- 7 A Perversion of Duty -- 8 A Perversion of Heroic Glory -- 9 The Neighboring but Distinct Categories of Perverting Self-Control and Fate -- Section 3 Implications and Conclusions -- 10 Prevention, Clinical, and Other Real-World Applications -- 11 Conclusion: Human Nature and the Perversion of Virtue -- Notes -- References -- Index. 
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