The new evil : understanding the emergence of modern violent crime / Michael H. Stone, MD and Gary Brucato, PhD ; afterword by Dr. Ann Burgess.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
"A leading psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist specializing in violence, psychosis, and criminal pathology offer chilling insights into the minds of murderers through a hierarchy of criminal behavior ranging from crimes of passion to serial murder"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781633885325
- ISBN: 1633885321
- Physical Description: 605 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, 2019.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Pt. 1. The twenty-two degrees of evil -- Introduction to the Gradations of Evil scale -- Categories 1-6 -- Categories 7 and 8 -- Categories 9-14 -- Categories 15 and 16 -- Serial murder -- Category 17 -- Category 18 -- Categories 19,20 and 21 -- Category 22 -- An algorithm to facilitate use of the scale -- pt. 2. The eral of "new" evil -- Cultural changes that affect the patterns of violence in peacetime -- School shooters -- Mya justice triumph over law : contemporary forms of evil not involving violence, including a commentary on culd custody cases and the courts that preside over them -- A new challenge to justice : kids who commit evil -- An alphabet of "new evil" -- Final thoughts.
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