This volume of new work explores the forms and functions of serial verbs. The introduction sets out the cross-linguistic parameters of variation, and the final chapter draws out a set of conclusions. These frame fourteen explorations of serial verb constructions and similar structures in languages from Asia, Africa, North, Central and South America, and the Pacific. Chapters on well-known languages such as Cantonese and Thai are set alongside the languages of small hunter-gatherer and slash-and-burn agriculturalist groups.
Psychosocial Criminology demonstrates how a psychosocial approach can illuminate the causes of particular crimes, challenging readers to re-think the similarities and differences between themselves and those involved in crime.The book critiques existing psychological and sociological theories before outlining a more adequate understanding of the criminal offender. It sheds new light on a series of crimes-rape, serial murder, racial harassment, ‘jack-rolling’ (mugging of drunks), domestic violence-and contemporary criminological issues such as fear of crime, cognitive-behavioral interventions and restorative justice.
Inside the Minds of Serial Killers: Why They Kill
There are many cultural myths about serial killers, often
propagated even by mental health professionals. Many assume there is a
"profile" of a serial killer, that serial killers always go for the
same victim type or always use the same MO, that they are more clever
than ordinary people, and that they are inevitably charming and
attractive. The truth is not as simple as that. There are different
types of serial killers and while there are many books that discuss the
serial killer phenomenon especially in relationship to victim types or
context, researchers have not yet been able to come up with a
definition, or type, that covers the broad spectrum of serial killers
and their complex psychological dynamics. Ramsland looks at serial
killer types, illustrating that it is difficult to accurately depict
these elusive, intriguing, and dangerous killers. This book examines a
variety of serial killers, from sexual predators to psychotic killers,
from murder teams to odd eccentric stalkers, in order to present the
distinct psychological dynamics that set serial killers apart from
other violent murderers. Among the motives addressed are lust, control,
glory, profit, thrill, delusions, rage, the desire for company, the
need to please a partner, and even murder as an intellectual exercise.
Serial killers live double lives, hiding their violence even from those
who live with them, so along with a study of motives are chapters
devoted to how close associates have described killers, including
parents, siblings, co-workers, lovers, and survivors. There is no
profile of a serial killer, and this book establishes that in vivid and
frightening detail.
Unnatural Exposure: A Novel by Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta series #8)
Added by: hope-russia | Karma: 22.01 | Fiction literature | 28 June 2008
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Virginia Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has a bloody puzzle on her hands: five headless, limbless cadavers in Ireland, plus four similar victims in a landfill back home. Is a serial butcher loose in Virginia? That's what the panicked public thinks, thanks to a local TV reporter who got the leaked news from her boyfriend, Scarpetta's vile rival, Investigator Percy Ring. But the butchered bodies are so many red herrings intended to throw idiots like Ring off the track. Instead of a run-of-the-mill serial killer, we're dealing with a shadowy figure who has plans involving mutant smallpox, mass murder, and messing with Scarpetta's mind by e-mailing her gory photos of the murder scenes, along with cryptic AOL chat-room messages. The coolest innovation: Scarpetta's gorgeous genius niece, Lucy, equips her with a DataGlove and a VPL Eyephone, and she takes a creepy virtual tour of the e-mailed crime scene.