Serial Killers and Psychopaths: True-life Cases That Shocked the World - Softcover

Greig, Charlotte; Marlowe, John

 
9781784049119: Serial Killers and Psychopaths: True-life Cases That Shocked the World
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1784049115 ISBN 13: 9781784049119
Verlag: Arcturus Pub, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

To kill is one of the greatest crimes against humanity to kill repeatedly, often accompanied by sexually motivated acts that are also taboo, is beyond comprehension. Why do serial killers and psychopaths do it? What motivates them? Wildly deviant behaviour can sometimes be understood when displayed by a lone madman, but what about the killers who are judged normal, or the ones who act in despicable agreement with another? This book addresses such questions in a compelling examination of many true-life cases featuring the world s most notorious killers.

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Reseña del editor

To kill is one of the greatest crimes against humanity—to kill repeatedly, often accompanied by sexually motivated acts that are also taboo, is beyond comprehension. Why do serial killers and psychopaths do it? What motivates them? Wildly deviant behaviour can sometimes be understood when displayed by a lone madman, but what about the killers who are judged normal, or the ones who act in despicable agreement with another? This book addresses such questions in a compelling examination of many true-life cases featuring the world’s most notorious killers.

Biografía del autor

John Marlowe is a crime writer who lives in Ontario. The author of The World's Most Evil Psychopaths, Chambers of Horror and Evil Wives, he is currently working on an annotated edition of the 1950 pulp expos Montreal Confidential.

Charlotte Greig graduated with an MA in Intellectual History from Sussex University, and started freelancing as a writer and editor for a variety of magazines and newspapers, including NME and the Guardian. In 1989 she wrote her first book, and since then has written four more and contributed to several others. In addition to lecturing and broadcasting, she has built a reputation as a specialist in popular music. She is also a musician, and lives in Cardiff, Wales.

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Verlag
Arcturus Pub
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1784049115
ISBN 13 
9781784049119
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
352
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