The anatomy of evil
(2009)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
364.3/STONE,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2009
DESCRIPTION
430 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781591027263 (hardcover alk. paper), 1591027268 (hardcover alk. paper), 1591027268
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Evil in peacetime -- Crimes of impulse : murders of jealousy and rage -- Other crimes of impulse : emphasis on antisocial persons -- Murder on purpose : the psychopathic schemers -- Spree and mass murder : evil by the numbers -- The psychopath hard at work -- Serial killers and torturers -- The family at its worst -- Science looks at evil -- Final thoughts