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Familicidal hearts : the emotional styles of 211 killers /

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Websdale uncovers the stories behind 196 male and 15 female perpetrators of murder, situating their emotional styles on a continuum, from the coercive to the civil reputable. With detailed case studies, Websdale explores the pivotal roles of shame, rage, fear, anxiety, and depression in the lives an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Websdale, Neil
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Series:Interpersonal violence.
Subjects:
Family violence > Psychological aspects.
Homicide > Psychological aspects.
Uxoricide > Psychological aspects.
Infanticide > Psychological aspects.
Violence familiale > Aspect psychologique.
Uxoricide > Aspect psychologique.
Infanticide > Aspect psychologique.
TRUE CRIME > General.
Family violence > Psychological aspects
Homicide > Psychological aspects
Infanticide > Psychological aspects
Assassins.
Aspectes psicològics.
Assassinat.
Violència familiar.
Electronic books.
Llibres electrònics.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Situating familicide
  • Figurations of feeling, haunted hearts, and uncanny acts
  • Familicide : a history
  • Livid coercive hearts
  • Civil reputable hearts
  • Familicide as a consequence of modern emotional formations
  • Some implications : a few closing thoughts.