Morrall Murder and Society

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-470-03022-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 214 Seiten, E-Book

Human psychological and physical well-being is damaged anddestroyed when people are deliberately killed by other people.There are millions of primary and secondary victims of murderthroughout the world, and human society as a whole is a tertiaryvictim of murder. Despite this, people are often fascinated andengrossed by stories of homicide and killers. This book provides afascinating exploration of murder, providing an insight into whatleads people to kill and what effect this has on society as awhole. This book is organized into five chapters that each answer aspecific question on murder:
* What is Murder?
* Who Commits Murder?
* Why Commit Murder?
* Why is Murder Devastating?
* Why is Murder Fascinating?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morrall, Peter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.