Murder and society / / Peter Morrall
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| Autore: |
Morrall Peter
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| Titolo: |
Murder and society / / Peter Morrall
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.1523 |
| Soggetto topico: | Murder |
| Homicide | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Murder and society |
| ISBN: | 1-280-64879-1 |
| 9786610648795 | |
| 0-470-71350-X | |
| 0-470-03022-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910876592603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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