ABSTRACT

The line that separates those who kill from those who only think about it, and from those who injure themselves, is often thinner than we imagine. Convicted murderers serving life-sentences in England are among the subjects of this in-depth psychological study of what makes people kill.

part |59 pages

Part I

chapter 1|10 pages

Aggression and Death

chapter 2|10 pages

The Death Constellation (I)

chapter 3|15 pages

The Indigestible Idea of Death

chapter 4|13 pages

The Death Constellation (II)

part |90 pages

Part II

chapter 6|17 pages

The Nature of Aggression

chapter 7|11 pages

Violence and Psychic Indigestion

chapter 8|14 pages

Escalating Violence

chapter 9|14 pages

Cruelty and Cruel Behavior

chapter 11|14 pages

Latent Murderousness

part |54 pages

Part III

chapter 12|8 pages

Assessment and Risk

chapter 13|8 pages

Engagement and Treatment

chapter 15|8 pages

Reparation

chapter 16|14 pages

The Micro-Environment

part |73 pages

Part IV

chapter 17|13 pages

The Individual and Organized Crime

chapter 18|12 pages

Victims and Victimology (I)

chapter 19|6 pages

Victims and Victimology (II)

chapter 20|14 pages

Drugs: Dependence on an Unreliable Container

chapter 22|13 pages

Criminality and the Claustrum

part |59 pages

Part V

chapter 23|14 pages

Antidevelopmental Processes in Adolescents

chapter 24|10 pages

Antidevelopmental Sexuality in Adolescents

chapter 25|13 pages

Othello

chapter 26|10 pages

Life-Threatening Illness

chapter 27|9 pages

Restoring the Balance