Inside the minds of mass murderers : why they kill
(2004)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
364.1523/RAMSLAND,K
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Westport, CT : Praeger Publishers, 2005
DESCRIPTION
xv, 171 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0275984753 (alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Introduction: Mass murder and its classifications -- Howard Unruh: America's first modern mass killer -- Buildup to horror -- The classic mass murderer -- Mental illness and the compulsive killer -- Deadly children -- Family massacres -- Going postal: the disgruntled employee -- Visionary mass murder: religion and politics -- Spreading the damage -- Murder on the side -- Stress, murder, madness, and risk assessment