Familicidal Hearts: The Emotional Styles of 211 Killers

by Neil Websdale

Book Overview

Oscar, physically and sexually abusive, stabbed his partner and two stepdaughters to death, buried the bodies, and fled the state with his two younger children. Paul, a respected investment banker, donned a Halloween mask and shot his wife and two children before turning the gun on himself. What drives individuals as different as Oscar and Paul to kill their families? Why does familicide appear to be on the rise?

In Familicidal Hearts, award-winning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195315413
• ISBN13: 9780195315417
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"