ABSTRACT
Psychosocial and biological considerations in murder
Mental disorders and serial killers
Murder in the home
Apprehending murderers
Genocide, assassination, and terrorism
Collective crime and genocide
Hate crimes
Political assassination
Terrorism
War
Historical perspective
Causes of war
Waging war
Effects of war and imprisonment
Reducing the threat of war
QUESTIONS DEALT WITH IN THIS CHAPTER
• How common is murder, and how is it differen t from other types of homicide? • How, by whom, why, where, and when are murders committed? • What roles do biological, psychological, and cultural factors play in murder? • What are the characteristics of mass murderers, serial murderers, and polit-
ical murderers?
