Why We Kill

Understanding Violence Across Cultures and Disciplines
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-904750-42-0
Verlag: Middlesex University Press

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Infanticide, serial killings, war, terrorism, abortion, honour killings, euthanasia, suicide bombings and genocide; all involve taking of life. Put most simply, all involve killing one or more other people. Yet cultural context influences heavily how one perceives all of these, and indeed, some readers of this paragraph may already have thought: 'But surely that doesn't belong with those others, that's not really killing.'

Why We Kill examines violence in many of its manifestations, exploring how culture plays a role in people's understanding of violent action.

From the first chapter, which tries to understand multiple forms of domestic homicide including infanticide, filicide, spousal homicide and honour killings, to the final chapter's bone-chilling account of the massacre at Murambi in Rwanda, this fascinating book makes compelling reading.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loucks, Nancy

Smith Holt, Sally

Adler, Joanna R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Kriminalpsychologie, Forensische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Religion, Culture and Killing 1. 'You always hurt the one you love': Homicide in a Domestic Context 2. Serial Killing 3. Capital Punishment: Creating More Victims? 4. Abortion: Understanding the Moral Issues 5. Euthanasia: An Introduction to the Moral Issues 6. Suicide 7. Terrorism: A Unique Form of Political Violence 8. Collective Violence and War 9. Massacre at Murambi: The Rank and File Killers of Genocide Epilogue: Why we Kill

Über Autor(innen)

Nancy Loucks is Chief Executive of Families Outside, a charity dedicated to providing support to the families of people involved in the criminal justice system.

Sally Smith Holt is Associate Professor of Religion at William Jewel College, US.

Joanna Adler is Director of Forensic Psychology Studies at Middlesex University.