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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Stone, Michael H. (1933-....)
Brucato, Gary (1978-....)
Titre(s) : The new evil [Texte imprimé] : understanding the emergence of modern violent crime / Michael H. Stone,... and Gary Brucato,... ; afterword by Dr. Ann Burgess,...
Publication : Amherst (N.Y.) : Prometheus Books, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (605 p.- [8] p. de pl.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. p. 507-562. Index
"A CHILLING FOLLOW-UP TO THE POPULAR TRUE CRIME BOOK THE ANATOMY OF EVIL Revisiting
Dr. Michael Stone's groundbreaking 22-level Gradations of Evil Scale, a hierarchy
of evil behavior first introduced in the book The Anatomy of Evil, Stone and Dr. Gary
Brucato, a fellow violence and serious psychopathology expert, here provide even more
detail, using dozens of cases to exemplify the categories along the continuum. The
New Evil also presents compelling evidence that, since a cultural tipping-point in
the 1960s, certain types of violent crime have emerged that in earlier decades never
or very rarely occurred. The authors examine the biological and psychiatric factors
behind serial killing, serial rape, torture, mass and spree murders, and other severe
forms of violence. They persuasively argue that, in at least some cases, a collapse
of moral faculties contributes to the commission of such heinous crimes, such that
"evil" should be considered not only a valid area of inquiry, but, in our current
cultural climate, an imperative one. They consider the effects of new technologies
and sociological, cultural, and historical factors since the 1960s that may have set
the stage for "the new evil." Further, they explain how personality, psychosis, and
other qualities can meaningfully contribute to particular crimes, making for many
different motives. Relying on their extensive clinical experience, and examination
of writings and artwork by infamous serial killers, these experts offer many insights
into the logic that drives horrible criminal behavior, and they discuss the hope that
in the future such violence may be prevented" ; "A leading psychiatrist and a clinical
psychologist specializing in violence, psychosis, and criminal pathology offer chilling
insights into the minds of murderers through a hierarchy of criminal behavior ranging
from crimes of passion to serial murder"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Burgess, Ann Wolbert (1936-....). Préfacier
Sujet(s) : Tueurs en série
Tueurs en série -- Psychologie
Psychologie criminelle
Bien et mal
Genre ou forme : Études de cas
Indice(s) Dewey :
364.3 (23e éd.) = Délinquants
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781633885325 (br.). - ISBN 1633885321
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46633634n
Notice n° :
FRBNF46633634
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Pt. 1. The twenty-two degrees of evil. Introduction to the Gradations of Evil scale
; Categories 1-6 ; Categories 7 and 8 ; Categories 9-14 ; Categories 15 and 16 ; Serial
murder ; Category 17 ; Category 18 ; Categories 19, 20 and 21 ; Category 22 ; An algorithm
to facilitate use of the scale ; Pt. 2. The era of "new" evil. Cultural changes
that affect the patterns of violence in peacetime ; School shooters ; May justice
triumph over law : contemporary forms of evil not involving violence, including a
commentary on child custody cases and the courts that preside over them ; A new challenge
to justice : kids who commit evil ; An alphabet of "new" evil ; Final thoughts
; Afterword / by Ann W. Burgess.
