Low Price Guarantee
We Take School POs
The New Evil: Understanding the Emergence of Modern Violent Crime
Contributor(s): Brucato, Gary (Author), Burgess, Ann W. (Afterword by)

View larger image

ISBN: 1633885321     ISBN-13: 9781633885325
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Retail: $27.95OUR PRICE: $20.40  
  Buy 25 or more:OUR PRICE: $18.73   Save More!
  Buy 100 or more:OUR PRICE: $17.89   Save More!


  WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD!   Click here for our low price guarantee

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2019
Qty:
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- True Crime | Murder - General
- Psychology | Forensic Psychology
- Medical | Forensic Medicine
Dewey: 364.3
LCCN: 2018046789
Physical Information: 1.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (1.60 lbs) 616 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/28/2019
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
A CHILLING FOLLOW-UP TO THE POPULAR TRUE CRIME BOOK THE ANATOMY OF EVIL Revisiting Dr. Michael Stone's groundbreaking 22-level Gradations of Evil Scale, a hierarchy of evil behavior first introduced in the book The Anatomy of Evil, Stone and Dr. Gary Brucato, a fellow violence and serious psychopathology expert, here provide even more detail, using dozens of cases to exemplify the categories along the continuum. The New Evil also presents compelling evidence that, since a cultural tipping-point in the 1960s, certain types of violent crime have emerged that in earlier decades never or very rarely occurred. The authors examine the biological and psychiatric factors behind serial killing, serial rape, torture, mass and spree murders, and other severe forms of violence. They persuasively argue that, in at least some cases, a collapse of moral faculties contributes to the commission of such heinous crimes, such that "evil" should be considered not only a valid area of inquiry, but, in our current cultural climate, an imperative one. They consider the effects of new technologies and sociological, cultural, and historical factors since the 1960s that may have set the stage for "the new evil." Further, they explain how personality, psychosis, and other qualities can meaningfully contribute to particular crimes, making for many different motives. Relying on their extensive clinical experience, and examination of writings and artwork by infamous serial killers, these experts offer many insights into the logic that drives horrible criminal behavior, and they discuss the hope that in the future such violence may be prevented.
 
Customer ReviewsSubmit your own review
 
To tell a friend about this book, you must Sign In First!