The Dynamics of Murder. Kill or Be Killed

Description

Exploring crimes of homicide, offenders, and victims in American society, this book covers the nature and causes of murder, the relationship between firearms and lethal violence, the criminal justice system, and antecedents and correlates to homicidal and violent behavior. Examining dynamics and theories, it discusses domestic murder, interpersonal and societal crimes, terrorism, youth gangs and school killings, and sexual killers and mass murderers.

Features

• Explores the range of homicides that occur in the USA
• Looks at the relationship between homicides and firearms
• Covers terrorism-related homicides as well as school shootings
• Includes a chapter on internet-related homicide

Reviews

"This sweeping survey, covering every conceivable aspect of a vitally important subject, is an indispensable sourcebook for anyone interested in American homicide, from law-enforcement professionals to armchair criminologists. For a book so packed with data, it is also a consistently fascinating read, beautifully conceived and organized, and written in the lucid,
vigorous style that his fans have to expect from R. Barri." —Harold Schechter, Professor of American Literature and Culture at Queens College and bestselling author of The Serial Killer Files

Table of Contents

• THE DYNAMICS OF MURDER
• The Nature of Murder
• Firearms, Substance Abuse, and Murder
• Murder and the Criminal Justice System
• DOMESTIC MURDER
• Intimate Homicide
• Infanticide
• Parricide
• Other Intrafamilial Homicide
• INTERPERSONAL AND SOCIETAL MURDER
• Workplace Homicide
• Bias-Motivated Homicide
• Terrorism and Murder
• Intemet Homicide
• YOUTH AND MURDER
• Youth Gangs and Homicide
• School Killings
• TYPES OF KILLERS
• Sexual Killers
• Serial Killers
• Mass Murderers
• Self-Killers
• EXPLANATIONS FOR MURDER
• Criminal Homicide Theories