02939nam 2200601 450 991082701740332120230803220642.00-19-933457-90-19-933456-0(CKB)2550000001180225(EBL)1591059(SSID)ssj0001084670(PQKBManifestationID)12440855(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001084670(PQKBWorkID)11036569(PQKB)10633188(Au-PeEL)EBL1591059(CaPaEBR)ebr10825598(CaONFJC)MIL560339(OCoLC)868068170(MiAaPQ)EBC1591059(EXLCZ)99255000000118022520140115d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe perversion of virtue understanding murder-suicide /Thomas JoinerNew York :Oxford University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (266 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-933455-2 1-306-29088-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; The Perversion of Virtue; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Section 1 Introductory Material; 1 Murder-Suicide: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Initial Conceptualization; 2 Understanding Murder; 3 Understanding Suicide; 5 Understanding Virtue; Section 2 Understanding Murder-Suicide as a Perversion of Virtue; 5 A Perversion of Mercy; 6 A Perversion of Justice; 7 A Perversion of Duty; 8 A Perversion of Heroic Glory; 9 The Neighboring but Distinct Categories of Perverting Self-Control and Fate; Section 3 Implications and Conclusions; 10 Prevention, Clinical, and Other Real-World Applications11 Conclusion: Human Nature and the Perversion of VirtueNotes; References; IndexOf the approximately 38,500 deaths by suicide in the U.S. annually, about two percent--between 750 and 800--are murder-suicides. The horror of murder-suicides looms large in the public consciousness--they are reported in the media with more frequency and far more sensationalism than most suicides, and yet we have little understanding of this grave form of violence. In The Perversion of Virtue, leading suicide researcher Thomas Joiner explores the nature of murder-suicide and offers a unique new theory to explain this nearly unexplainable act: that murder-suicides always involve the wrongheadedSuicideUnited StatesHomicideUnited StatesSuicideHomicide362.28PSY007000bisacshJoiner Thomas E1674029MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827017403321The perversion of virtue4076441UNINA