Murder and Society

Peter Morrall (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2006
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-1-86156-455-9 (ISBN)

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Human psychological and physical well-being is damaged and destroyed when people are deliberately killed by other people. There are millions of primary and secondary victims of murder throughout the world, and human society as a whole is a tertiary victim of murder. Despite this, people are often fascinated and engrossed by stories of homicide and killers. This book provides a fascinating exploration of murder, providing an insight into what leads people to kill and what effect this has on society as a whole. This book is organized into five chapters that each answer a specific question on murder:

What is Murder?
Who Commits Murder?
Why Commit Murder?
Why is Murder Devastating?
Why is Murder Fascinating?

Peter Morrall is Head of Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Behavioural Sciences, in the School of Health Care, University of Leeds. He has published several books and papers in the areas of sociology and mental health, including Madness and Murder, published by Whurr in 2000.

Acknowledgements. Introduction.

Chapter 1: What is murder?

Chapter 2: Who commits murder?

Chapter 3: Why commit murder?

Chapter 4: Why is murder devastating?

Chapter 5: Why is murder fascinating?

Conclusion.

References.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.9.2006
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	336 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	1-86156-455-4 / 1861564554
ISBN-13	978-1-86156-455-9 / 9781861564559
Zustand	Neuware