Necrophilia: Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects is the first text that deals with the scientific aspects of necrophilia from a multidisciplinary point of view. After an introduction that provides a general scientific, social, and historical perspective, this volume:Explores causes and contributing factors, covering biological theories and genetics, as well as trauma, brain anomalies, and substance abuseOffers an original approach to classification, creating ten levels of severity from role playing to homicidal necrophiliaDiscusses necrophilia epidemiology, exploring offender characteristics and habitsProvides 20 case studies of infamous as well as less publicized casesDetails the forensics approach to necrophilia investigationExamines current legislation and mores across the worldExplains the challenges involved with providing expert testimony
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" Dr. Aggrawal proceeds as a dispassionate scientist to unearth ... both contemporary and historical cases that will amaze the reader, and also construct for the first time a classification of various kinds of necrophilia. ... Along with his previous textbook, Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices, Dr. Aggrawal has once again made a very important contribution to the criminal forensic literature. Necrophilia is extreme, it is rare, and it is inexplicable to most; but until now, it has also been devoid of a systematic, scientific, and investigative text.... ."- From the Foreword by J. Reid Meloy, Ph.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego " Dr. Aggrawal proceeds as a dispassionate scientist to unearth ... both contemporary and historical cases that will amaze the reader, and also construct for the first time a classification of various kinds of necrophilia. ... Along with his previous textbook, Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices, Dr. Aggrawal has once again made a very important contribution to the criminal forensic literature. Necrophilia is extreme, it is rare, and it is inexplicable to most; but until now, it has also been devoid of a systematic, scientific, and investigative text.... ."- From the Foreword by J. Reid Meloy, Ph.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego
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Für Beruf und Forschung
Forensic scientists, medical examiners, psychologists, international criminal justice professionals, and anthropologists.
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29 s/w Abbildungen, 27 s/w Tabellen
29 b/w images and 27 tables
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978-1-4200-8913-4 (9781420089134)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Necrophilia: Overview and Historical Aspects. Etiology. Classification. Epidemiology of Necrophilia. Case Studies. Medico-legal Investigation. Legal and Ethical Aspects of Necrophilia. Expert Testimony in Necrophilia Cases. Necrophilia and Abuse of Corpses A Brief Chronology. Index.
