Familicidal Hearts by Neil Websdale
Blending the social, the historical, and the emotional into a new way of making sense of a horrific crime, Familicidal Hearts is a provocative meditation on gender roles, social forces, and modern life itself.
"This is an important book for anyone interested in the roots of violence..it represents the largest and most systematic of the attempts to study multiple killings....an impressive study..."--PsycCritiques "For the 211 cases (Websdale) analyzes, not only does he adopt official crime or media reports, he also conducts interviews with involved parties, collecting where possible complex and informative empirical material." -- Contemporary Sociology "This is an important book for anyone interested in the roots of violence...it represents the largest and most systematic of the attempts to study multiple killings....an impressive study..."--PsycCritiques "For the 211 cases (Websdale) analyzes, not only does he adopt official crime or media reports, he also conducts interviews with involved parties, collecting where possible complex and informative empirical material." -- Contemporary Sociology
Neil Websdale, PhD, is a Professor of Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University and the Director and Principal Project Advisor of the National Domestic Violence Fatality Review Initiative (US Department of Justice).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199325849 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199325847 |
| Title | Familicidal Hearts |
| Author | Neil Websdale |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2013-06-20 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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