How Rampage Killers Emerge
A Developmental Portrait
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Beschreibung
Synthesizing research from multiple disciplines with carefully constructed case studies, this book once and for all puts to rest the prevailing mystique of the sudden rampaging assailant and reveals the predictable premeditative nature of the crime. With prose that is both lively and scholarly, the book traces the killer’s devolution from a vulnerable mindset through social disenfranchisement to preparations, assault, inevitable dissolution, and the eventual tragic resolution. Central to this psychological autopsy is analyses of the words and deeds of the murderers themselves before and after their massacres. The book concludes with a nod toward the necessity for intervening measures and so offers recommendations for additional resources for prevention and intervention.
Synthesizing research from multiple disciplines with carefully constructed case studies, this book once and for all puts to rest the prevailing mystique of the sudden rampaging assailant and reveals the predictable premeditative nature of the crime. With prose that is both lively and scholarly, the book traces the killer’s devolution from a vulnerable mindset through social disenfranchisement to preparations, assault, inevitable dissolution, and the eventual tragic resolution. Central to this psychological autopsy is analyses of the words and deeds of the murderers themselves before and after their massacres. The book concludes with a nod toward the necessity for intervening measures and so offers recommendations for additional resources for prevention and intervention.
Offers a unique social-psycological perspective on premeditated murder
Includes a survey of a wide number of case studies
Proposes actionable steps which can be taken to intercede before tragedies
Autor*in
Steven Lee Funk
Themen in »How Rampage Killers Emerge«
Forensic Psychology Criminology Crime and Society Offenders Offending Violent offenders Mass murder