Mass murder and serial murder : an integrative look / Arnon Edelstein.

Of the Phenomenon -- Mass Murder in Israel -- Chapter Two. Mass/Serial Murder and Murderers -- Explanations and Characteristics of Mass-Serial Murder and Murderers -- A Typology of Mass-Serial Murder and Murderers -- Mass-Serial Murderers who Act on Behalf of an Ethnic-Racial Ideology -- Mass-Serial...

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Main Author: Edelstein, Arnon, 1958- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stuttgart, Germany : Ibidem Press, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Generalization Versus Distinction
  • Definitions of Mass and Serial Murder
  • Theoretical Aspects of Multiple-Victims Murder
  • Typologies of Mass and Serial Murder
  • Profiles of Mass and Serial Murder and Murderers
  • The Goals of the Book
  • The Innovations Presented in the Book
  • Summary
  • Chapter One. Mass Murder and Mass Murderers
  • Definitions
  • Characteristics
  • The Phenomenon and Its Analysis
  • Scope of the Phenomenon
  • Demographic Characteristic of a Mass Murderer and his Victims: Myth and Reality
  • Methodological and Theoretical Problems
  • Biological Explanations
  • Cultural and Social Explanations
  • Culture, Society and Gender
  • Psychosocial Explanations
  • The Psychosis Explanation
  • The Frustration-Aggression Explanation
  • Fox and Levin's Explanation of a Mass Murder
  • Mullen's Explanation (2004)
  • Summary of the Characteristics and Explanations
  • Summary
  • Typologies of Mass Murder
  • Toward a New Typology of Mass Murder and Mass Murderers
  • The New Typology of Mass Murder and Murderers: According to the Murderer-Victims Relationships
  • According to the Selection of the Victims
  • Individuals in Romantic Relationships with the Murderer
  • Individuals with Family Relations with the Murderer
  • Individuals who Belong to a Defined Social Group by an Academic-Occupational Status
  • Individuals who Belong to a Social Category Which has a Conflict with the Group to Which the Murderer Belongs
  • Individuals who are Murdered Due to Citizenship of a Country Which is Perceived by the Murderer as an Enemy
  • Individuals who Belong to the Human Race in General Which is Perceived by the Murderer as an Archenemy
  • Criticism
  • Creating the Myth of the Serial Murderer
  • Characteristics and Definitions of Serial Murder and Murderers
  • The Scope of the Phenomenon
  • Demographic and Geographic Characteristics of Serial Murder and Murderers
  • Psychological and Social Characteristics of Serial Murder and Murderers
  • Explanations of Serial Murder and Murderers
  • Methodological Problems
  • Biological Explanations of Serial Murder and Murderers
  • Psychological Explanations of Serial Murder and Murderers
  • Psychosocial Explanations of Serial Murder and Murderers
  • Summary of the Psychological and Psychosocial Theories