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Record Nr.

UNINA9910143308903321

Autore

Morrall Peter

Titolo

Murder and society [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Morrall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2006

ISBN

1-280-64879-1

9786610648795

0-470-71350-X

0-470-03022-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

364.1523

Soggetti

Murder

Homicide

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS MURDER?; CHAPTER 2: WHO COMMITS MURDER?; CHAPTER 3: WHY COMMIT MURDER?; CHAPTER 4: WHY IS MURDER DEVASTATING?; CHAPTER 5: WHY IS MURDER FASCINATING?; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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 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. This book is organized into five chapters that each answer a specific question on mur