Allure of Premeditated Murder - Why Some People Plan to Kill

The Allure of Premeditated Murder examines why some people plan and implement terrible violence against others. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with murderers, Jack Levin and Julie B. Wiest help readers understand why such vicious murders occur and what we can do to minimize their incidence.

About the author

Jack Levin is the Brudnick Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at
Northeastern University, where he co-directs its Center on Violence and Conflict. He has
authored or co-authored more than 30 books, most recently Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder, The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder, and The Violence of Hate: Understanding Harmful Forms of Bias and Bigotry.

Julie B. Wiest is an Associate Professor of Sociology at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She authored Creating Cultural Monsters: Serial Murder in America, as well as scholarly articles examining the influence of gender roles in court case outcomes of filicidal parents; media coverage of serial murder, mass murder, and active shooters; and public interest in serial and mass murder.

Summary

The Allure of Premeditated Murder examines why some people plan and implement terrible violence against others. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with murderers, Jack Levin and Julie B. Wiest help readers understand why such vicious murders occur and what we can do to minimize their incidence.

Product details

• Authors: Jack Levin, Jack Wiest Levin, Julie B Wiest, Julie B. Wiest, Wiest Julie B.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781538138977
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-3897-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, True Crime, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, TRUE CRIME / Murder / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Forensic Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Criminal or forensic psychology, Violence in society, Crime & criminology, Violence & abuse in society, True crime: serial killers & murderers