Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist
by Rhodes, Richard
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- near fine
- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0375402497
- ISBN 13
- 9780375402494
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About This Item
Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf - Borzoi Book, 1999. First Edition Stated . Hard Back. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/2" X 9 1/2. 371 Pages Indexed. No marks, stamps. Not a remainder. Dust jacket price $26.95 is unclipped. Why do some men, women and even children assault, batter, rape, mutilate and murder? In this book, the Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Rhodes provides a startling and persuasive answer. Why They Kill explores the discoveries of a maverick American criminologist, Dr. Lonnie Athens -- himself the child of a violent family -- which challenge conventional theories about violent behavior. By interviewing violent criminals in prison, Dr. Athens has identified a pattern of social development common to all seriously violent people-a four-stage process he calls violentization: First, brutalization: A young person is forced by violence or the threat of violence to submit to an aggressive authority figure; he witnesses the violent subjugation of intimates, and the authority figure coaches him to use violence to settle disputes. Second, belligerency: The dispirited subject, determined to prevent his further violent subjugation, heeds his coach and resolves to resort to violence. Third, violent performances: His violent response to provocation succeeds, and he reads respect and fear in the eyes of others. Fourth, virulency: Exultant, he determines trom now on to utilize serious violence as a means of dealing with people-and he bonds with others who believe as he does. Since all four stages must be fully experienced in sequence and completed to produce a violent individual, we see how intervening to interrupt the process can prevent a tragic outcome. Rhodes supports Athens's theory with historical evidence and shows how it explains such violent careers as those of Per,ry Smith (the killer central to Truman Capote's narrative In Cold Blood), Mike Tyson, preppy rapist Alex Kelly and Lee Harvey Oswald. Why They Kill challenges with devastating evidence the theory that violent behavior is impulsive, unconsciously motivated and predetermined. It offers compelling insights into the terrible, ongoing dilemma of criminal violence that plagues families, neighborhoods, cities and schools.
Synopsis
Richard Rhodes lives in rural Connecticut.
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- Dons Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11216
- Title
- Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist
- Author
- Rhodes, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hard Back
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0375402497
- ISBN 13
- 9780375402494
- Publisher
- Alfred a Knopf - Borzoi Book
- Place of Publication
- Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 6 1/2" X 9 1/2
- Keywords
- CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY CASE STUDIES VIOLENT CRIMES BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
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