The Will to Kill

Making Sense of Senseless Murder

• Author(s): James Alan Fox, Jack Levin,
• Publisher: Allyn and Bacon
• Pages: 178
• ISBN_10: 0205314171
  ISBN_13: 9780205314171
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Criminology , Social Science / Sociology / General , True Crime / Murder / General ,

Description:... "Written by well-known experts, this book employs the general notion of power and control as a central and unifying thesis for understanding why people kill." Presents a classification of homicide theories, examining "the will to kill" from various perspectives. Several case studies are included in each chapter, often well-known examples drawn from recent headlines. Discusses current related controversies such as gun control, the insanity defense, and the death penalty. For anyone interested in criminology.