Serial Murder and the Psychology of Violent Crimes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kocsis, Richard N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Forensic medicine.; Psychiatry.; Criminal law.; Sociology.; Clinical psychology.; Psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Law and Psychology.; Sociology, general.; Criminal Law.; Forensic Medicine.; Clinical Psychology.

The phenomena of serial violent crime has long plagued human civilizations. Far from being a contemporary notion unique to Western societies, serial murderers and other offenders who repeatedly engage in violent crimes such as rape or arson are examples of extreme criminal aberrations that exist in...

Table of Contents:

• The Psychology of Serial Violent Crimes
• Normalcy in Behavioral Characteristics of the Sadistic Serial Killer
• Compulsive-Repetitive Offenders
• Serial Juvenile Sex Offenders and Their Offenses
• A Study of Offense Patterns and Psychopathological Characteristics Among Recidivistic Finnish Homicide Offenders
• Sensational and Extreme Interests in Adolescents
• Narcissism, Sadism, and Loneliness
• New Dimensions to Violent Crime
• Sexual Homicide
• Serial Killers and Serial Rapists
• Firesetting
• The “Gentler Sex”
• Anatomy of a Mass Murder
• Investigative Considerations to Serial Violent Crimes
• Blundering Justice
• Sexual (Lust) Homicide
• Criminal Profile Construction and Investigative Procedures
• Psychological Skills and Criminal Profile Accuracy
• Profiling and Professionalization of Criminal Investigation.