LEADER 02939nam 2200601 450 001 9910790712403321 005 20230803220642.0 010 $a0-19-933457-9 010 $a0-19-933456-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000001180225 035 $a(EBL)1591059 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001084670 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12440855 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001084670 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11036569 035 $a(PQKB)10633188 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1591059 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10825598 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL560339 035 $a(OCoLC)868068170 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1591059 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001180225 100 $a20140115d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe perversion of virtue $eunderstanding murder-suicide /$fThomas Joiner 210 1$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (266 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-933455-2 311 $a1-306-29088-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Applications 327 $a11 Conclusion: Human Nature and the Perversion of VirtueNotes; References; Index 330 $aOf 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 wrongheaded 606 $aSuicide$zUnited States 606 $aHomicide$zUnited States 615 0$aSuicide 615 0$aHomicide 676 $a362.28 686 $aPSY007000$2bisacsh 700 $aJoiner$b Thomas E$01510229 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790712403321 996 $aThe perversion of virtue$93796456 997 $aUNINA