American evil : the psychology of serial killers / Dr Eric Cullen.

American evil : the psychology of serial killers /

American Evil looks into the 'sordid' world of serial killers, their calculating methods and distorted thinking, based around the author's first-hand experience working with killers inside prisons. Dr Eric Cullen describes how he was 'so profoundly moved' by his inescapable...

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Main Author: Cullen, Eric (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hook, Hampshire : Waterside Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Serial murderers > United States > Psychology.
Serial murders > Psychological aspects.
Electronic books.
e-books.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Copyright and publication details
  • Table of Contents
  • Publisher's note
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the author
  • Introduction
  • The Perfect Storm
  • The Demographics of Death
  • First principle
  • How serial killers are made
  • Serial killer facts
  • Some basic statistics
  • Family abuse and fragmentation
  • Mental, physical and emotional isolation and abuse
  • A culture of violence
  • Violence as entertainment
  • Guns
  • Whatever happened to right and wrong?
  • Where does a conscience come from?
  • Pervasive pornography
  • Marginalisation
  • Alienation
  • Serial killers as celebrities
  • Addiction to drugs and alcohol
  • The biggest prison industry in the world
  • Disconnected and, at times, incompetent, police
  • Summary
  • The flip side
  • Serial Killers' Personalities
  • How it begins
  • Infancy and childhood
  • Dissociative identity disorder
  • Immorality
  • Rejection
  • Psychopathy
  • The trigger event
  • Psychological theories
  • The psychology of killing by strangulation
  • Diminished responsibility
  • Some personal characteristics shared by many serial killers
  • Summary
  • John Wayne Gacy: Gay Killer Clown
  • When being queer was dangerous.
  • Positive and negative traits
  • Significant events
  • An orgy of killings ... and missed opportunities
  • In conclusion
  • Israel Keyes: Thrill Killer
  • Keyes' suicide "poem"
  • Crucial triggers
  • How did Keyes become this monster?
  • Untypical mistakes
  • Motive: "Why not?"
  • Samuel Little: The Worst American Serial Killer
  • Little's story
  • From Samuel Little's own mouth
  • No conventional conscience
  • Psychology of Samuel Little
  • Robert Black: The Depraved
  • Childhood
  • An "isolated incident"
  • Escalating offending and missed opportunities
  • Black's psychology
  • Rationalisation
  • Michael Bruce Ross: Feeling More Real
  • Formative years and events
  • Escalation and returning drives
  • Progression to serial offending
  • This serial killer's thinking and psychology
  • Excuses, distortion and false compassion
  • Killing as a logical next step
  • In conclusion
  • Levi Bellfield: Hiding in Plain Sight
  • Childhood and youth
  • Impact of early experiences
  • Significant factors and signals
  • Staging posts and missed opportunities
  • Psychology
  • Aileen Wournos: A Prostitute's Revenge
  • Love and betrayal
  • Seven victims
  • Imprisonment
  • A cultural post-mortem
  • Popular culture
  • Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka: A Couple in Canada
  • Bernardo's formative influences
  • Karla Homolka
  • Attempts to arrest and prosecute
  • Cynical exploitation
  • The psychology of Bernardo and Homolka
  • Stephen Griffiths: The Crossbow Cannibal
  • An unusual killer
  • Upbringing and progression to violent offending
  • University and more violent behaviour
  • Ven Pariah "Bloodbath Artist"
  • Gary Ridgway: The Green River Killer
  • Ridgeway's upbringing
  • Sexual obsession and promiscuity
  • Psychology of a serial killer

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