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Murder and Society
- Publication Year:
- 2006
- Edition:
- 1st
- Author:
- Morrall, Peter
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- ISBN:
- 978-1-86-156455-9
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Provides a fascinating exploration of murder, providing an insight into what leads people to kill and what effect this has on society as a whole.
Human psychological and physical well-being is damaged and destroyed when people are deliberately killed by other people. There are millions of primary and secondary victims of murder throughout the world, and human society as a whole is a tertiary victim of murder. Despite this, people are often fascinated and engrossed by stories of homicide and killers.
This book is organized into five chapters that each answer a specific question on murder:
Human psychological and physical well-being is damaged and destroyed when people are deliberately killed by other people. There are millions of primary and secondary victims of murder throughout the world, and human society as a whole is a tertiary victim of murder. Despite this, people are often fascinated and engrossed by stories of homicide and killers.
This book is organized into five chapters that each answer a specific question on murder:
- What is Murder?
- Who Commits Murder?
- Why Commit Murder?
- Why is Murder Devastating?
- Why is Murder Fascinating?
Details
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Morrall, Peter
- ISBN:
- 978-1-86-156455-9
- Specialty:
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- Clinical Psychology
- Psychology
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st
- Pages:
- 214
- Publication Year:
- 2006