Why they kill : the discoveries of a maverick criminologist /

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Author / Creator:Rhodes, Richard.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1999.
Description:x, 371 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3998707
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ISBN:0375402497 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-350) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The Man Who Talks to Murderers
  • Prologue
  • 1. Bring It On
  • 2. Thoughts Filled with Ghosts
  • 3. How the System Works
  • 4. The Full, Ugly Reality
  • 5. Taking the Attitude of the Other
  • 6. Beautiful Narrative
  • 7. Conscious Constructions
  • 8. Phantom Communities
  • 9. Academic Crackers and Cheese
  • 10. The Creation of Dangerous Violent Criminals (I)
  • 11. The Creation of Dangerous Violent Criminals (II)
  • Part II. The Civilizing Process
  • 12. Cheryl Crane
  • 13. Alex Kelly, Perry Smith, Mike Tyson
  • 14. Lee Harvey Oswald
  • 15. Murders with Motives
  • 16. Monopolies of Violence
  • 17. The History of Childhood
  • 18. Primitive Violence
  • Part III. The Self as a Soliloquy
  • 19. Dramatic Self-Change
  • 20. Universal Processes
  • 21. The Gates of Mercy Shut Up
  • 22. Strategies of Prevention and Control
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index