Understanding Sexual Serial Killing

Description

Why do some people engage in serial killing for sexual pleasure? This book considers the phenomenon of sexual serial killing from the perspective of motivation theory, as advanced in psychology and neuroscience. By examining biological, psychological and social determinants, it develops a model of sexual killing that integrates widely dispersed existing literature. The first part of the book reviews scientific data and theories, while the second part presents biographical sketches of 80 sexual killers and links their early development and later killing to current theoretical understanding. The book examines cases of serial killers from the USA, Western Europe, Iran, Australia and South Africa, and it also includes an account of killers from the USSR, made available to non-Russian speakers for the first time. Deliberately written to avoid jargon, Understanding Sexual Serial Killing is accessible to students, scholars and professionals across psychology, sociology, forensic science and law. 03.0_pp_iv_iv_Copyright_page 04.0_pp_v_vi_Dedication 05.0_pp_vii_xiv_Contents 06.0_pp_xv_xx_Preface 07.0_pp_1_180_The_Factors_That_Underlie_Lust_Killing 07.10_pp_137_146_Looking_for_a_Thrill 07.11_pp_147_165_Beyond_Conventional_Desire 07.12_pp_166_180_Can_It_Become_Addictive 07.1_pp_3_16_How_to_Gain_Understanding 07.2_pp_17_24_A_Focus_on_the_Individual 07.3_pp_25_39_States_of_Brain_and_Mind 07.4_pp_40_50_A_Focus_on_the_Context 07.5_pp_51_70_Ways_of_Explaining 07.6_pp_71_86_The_Motivation_Underlying_Serial_Lust_Killing 07.7_pp_87_101_Inhibition 07.8_pp_102_116_The_Making_of_a_Sexual_Serial_Killer 07.9_pp_117_136_Linking_Normality_to_Abnormality 08.0_pp_181_462_Biographical_Sketches 08.10_pp_303_313_Imprinting_on_Powerful_Events 08.11_pp_314_320_Living_in_Farmyard_Squalor 08.12_pp_321_338_Cross-Dressing 08.13_pp_339_354_Attachment-Linked_Killers 08.14_pp_355_367_A_Desire_for_Child_Victims 08.15_pp_368_374_Stress_and_Disorganization 08.16_pp_375_396_Problems_with_Sexual_Potency 08.17_pp_397_405_Paired_Killers 08.18_pp_406_434_Paired_Killers 08.19_pp_435_450_Drugs_and_Addiction_in_Focus 08.1_pp_183_197_Similarities_and_Differences 08.20_pp_451_462_More_Questions_than_Answers 08.2_pp_198_213_A_Focus_on_Males_in_the_Family 08.3_pp_214_219_A_Focus_on_the_Ex-Wife 08.4_pp_220_229_A_Focus_on_the_Mother 08.5_pp_230_239_A_Focus_on_the_Mother 08.6_pp_240_257_A_Focus_on_the_Mother 08.7_pp_258_271_A_Focus_on_Revenge 08.8_pp_272_288_Just_for_Being_Gay 08.9_pp_289_302_Fetishes_and_Partialisms 09.0_pp_463_480_Final_Word 09.1_pp_465_480_Bringing_Things_Together 10.0_pp_481_514_References 11.0_pp_515_528_Index