Extreme Killing provides a comprehensive, fascinating overview of multiple homicide, including both serial and mass murder. Adopting a unified conceptual framework for understanding these divergent forms of extreme killing, this book illustrates the many violent expressions of power, revenge, terror, greed, and loyalty using contemporary and classic case studies in multiple murder. In Extreme Killing, renowned experts James Alan Fox and Jack Levin examine the theories of criminal behavior and apply them to a multitude of well-known and lesser-known cases from around the world. The authors draw upon research from two large data sets - one comprised of serial killers and the other of those who have committed massacres. The book presents the many commonalities among multiple murders and also focuses on the varieties of serial and mass killing. The authors address the characteristics of both killers and their victims, and, in their concluding chapter, discuss the special concerns of multiple murder victims and their survivors.
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"Northeastern University criminal justice professors Fox and Levin distinguish serial murder from mass murder and note five distinct motives: power, revenge, loyalty, prfit, and terorr. [They] discuss all of this in some detail, but the main impression they leave is that it is difficult to generalize about serial killlers orm ass murderers Recommended." -- D. Harper Choice Magazine 20060101 "The authors provide a well-constructed introduction to the plethora of subjects that attribute to the multifaceted extreme types of murder...In sum, this book provides a comprehensive overview of multiple homicide and provides case examples to illustrate commonalities between types or as a means of differentiating between forms of extreme killing" -Laura Barrett, Sam Houston State University -- Laura Barrett 20071008
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Jack Levin is the Irving and Betty Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Northeastern University, where he co-directs its Center on Violence and Conflict and teaches courses in the sociology of violence and hate. He has authored or co-authored 30 books, most recently including Serial Killers and Sadistic Murderers-Up Close and Personal and The Violence of Hate. Levin has also published more than 100 articles in professional journals and books and more than 150 columns in major newspapers, such as The New York Times, The Sunday London Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, and USA Today. In 2009, he received a major award from the American Sociological Association for the role he has played to increase the public understanding of sociology. Also in 2009, he received the Apple Award from the New England Sociological Association for his contributions to teaching. Levin has spoken to a wide variety of community, academic, and professional groups, including the White House Conference on Hate Crimes, the National Organization of Hostage Negotiators, and the International Association of Chiefs of Police. James Alan Fox is the Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy at Northeastern University. He has written 18 books, including his newest Violence and Security on Campus: From Preschool through College. He has published dozens of journal and magazine articles, and hundreds of freelance columns in newspapers around the country, primarily in the areas of multiple murder, youth crime, school and campus violence, workplace violence, and capital punishment. He also writes an on-line column for the Boston Globe's website. Fox often gives keynote talks and testimony before Congress and in court. He has briefed various leaders here and abroad, including President Clinton, Attorney General Reno and Princess Anne of Great Britain. He has worked on criminal investigations surrounding serial and mass murder cases and served as a visiting fellow with the Bureau of Justice Statistics focusing on homicide patterns and trends. Finally, Fox was honored in 2007 by the Massachusetts Committee against the Death Penalty with the Hugo Adam Bedau Award for excellence in capital punishment scholarship and by Northeastern University with the 2008 Klein Lectureship.
PART I. MULTIPLE MURDER Chapter 1: AMERICA'S FASCINATION WITH MULTIPLE HOMICIDE THE GEIN LEGACY MULTIPLE MURDER IN POPULAR CULTURE THE SELLING OF MULTIPLE MURDER CRAVING ATTENTION KILLER GROUPIES THE IMPACT OF CELEBRATING MURDERERS SENSITIZE, NOT SANITIZE Chapter 2: DEFINING MULTIPLE MURDER MASS, SERIAL AND SPREE A TYPOLOGY OF MULTIPLE MURDER PART II. SERIAL MURDER Chapter 3: AN ANATOMY OF SERIAL MURDER PREVALENCE OF SERIAL MURDER EXTRAORDINARILY ORDINARY A PROFILE OF THE TYPICAL SERIAL KILLER Chapter 4: WITH DELIBERATION AND PURPOSE WHEN KILLING IS THRILLING ON A DEADLY MISSION OF TERROR OR REVENGE KILLING FOR EXPEDIENCY FOR LOVE AND LOYALTY Chapter 5: MURDER WITHOUT GUILT THE SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY THE CULTURE OF SOCIOPATHY EMPATHY AND SERIAL KILLERS BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER COMPARTMENTALIZATION AND DEHUMANIZATION Chapter 6: PARTNERS IN MURDER INSANITY IN THE RELATIONSHIP PARTNERS FOR PROFIT PARTNERSHIPS OF MEN AND WOMEN Chapter 7: KILLING FOR COMPANY PLACING THE BLAME KILLING FOR COMPANIONSHIP THE FUNCTIONS OF CANNIBALISM DESIRE FOR TOTAL CONTROL AND OWNERSHIP Chapter 8: FANTASYLAND KEEPING SOUVENIRS NORMAL AND ABNORMAL FANTASIES THE IMPACT OF PORNOGRAPHY Chapter 9: THE MAKING OF A SERIAL KILLER CHILDHOOD SUFFERING TESTIMONY UNDER HYPNOSIS CHILD ABUSE AND MURDER INORDINATE NEED FOR POWER PREDICTING SERIAL MURDER NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT BLAMING THE FAMILY Chapter 10: NON-SEXUAL CONTROL POWER OVER PATIENTS FEMALE SERIAL KILLERS MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY Chapter 11: KILLING CULTS KILLING FOR A CAUSE THE APPEAL OF DANGEROUS CULTS MASS HOMICIDE VS. MASS SUICIDE SATANISM AND SERIAL MURDER Chapter 12: SO MANY VICTIMS VULNERABLE VICTIMS PREFERRED CATCHING THE SERIAL KILLER BEHAVIORAL PROFILING REDUCING LINKAGE BLINDNESS LUCKY BREAKS PART III. MASSACRES Chapter 13: FOR LOVE, MONEY OR REVENGE RELATIVE OBSCURITY A PROFILE OF MASS KILLERS SELECTIVE AND METHODICAL WHEN LOVE KILLS SWEET REVENGE PROFITING FROM MASS MURDER THE GREAT EQUALIZER Chapter 14: FAMILY ANNIHILATION A PROFILE OF THE FAMILY ANNIHILATOR MURDERING MOMS THE DEFIANT SON Chapter 15: FIRING BACK PROFILE OF THE WORKPLACE AVENGER THE IMPACT OF FRUSTRATION MIXED MOTIVES WORKPLACE MURDER BY PROXY ROMANTIC OBSESSION EXTERNALIZING RESPONSIBILITY SOCIAL ISOLATION SCREENING OUT PROBLEM WORKERS Chapter 16: COPYCAT KILLINGS GOING POSTAL SCHOOL MASSACRES Chapter 17: FIGHTING CITY HALL ATTACKING THE SYSTEM LEGAL BATTLES FILING A GRIEVANCE INCREASING ALIENATION Chapter 18: I HATE MOTIVATED MASS MURDER CHOICE OF VICTIMS A LIFE OF FRUSTRATION BLAMING WOMEN THE KILLER AS VICTIM SETTLING A GRUDGE WITH A GUN MINORITY AGAINST MAJORITY Chapter 19: GOING BERSERK PARANOID THINKING CONFUSED STATE OF MIND LONGSTANDING MENTAL ILLNESS CIVILIAN BATTLEFIELDS BRAIN ABNORMALITIES DEADLY WEAPONS PART IV. EPILOGUE Chapter 20: REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS REFERENCES
