Serial killers : the psychosocial development of humanity's worst offenders /

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Author / Creator:Harmening, William M.
Imprint:Springfield, Illinois : Charles C. Thomas, [2014]
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11275014
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ISBN:9780398081140
039808114X
9780398087883
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Whether it be Jack the Ripper in nineteenth-century England or Ted Bundy in 1970s America, the public has always been fascinated by the criminal offender type known as the serial killer. Professionals continue to speculate and develop new theories about their identity decades after their crimes ended. But what is it that causes such evilness in individuals that causes them to take an innocent life, not once but multiples times, and for no apparent reason beyond their own perverse psychological gratification? This fascinating book explores this question by looking at the psychosocial determinan.
Other form:Print version: Harmening, William M. Serial killers. Springfield, Illinois : Charles C. Thomas, [2014] 9780398087883