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Why they kill : the discoveries of a maverick criminologist
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- Creator
- Richard Rhodes
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1999
- Physical Details
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- x, 371 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780375402494, 0375402497
- OCLC
- ocm40830207
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-350) and index.
- Pt. I. The Man Who Talks to Murderers. 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) -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. 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