Title Why do they kill? : men who murder their intimate partners / David Adams

Edition First edition Published Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2007] ©2007

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	364.1523 Ada/Wdt		AVAILABLE

Description viii, 288 pages ; 23 cm Contents Men who kill their partners -- Recognizing abusive men -- Killer profiles -- The killers' upbringings -- Short courtships -- Child abuse -- Patterns of possession and punishment -- Victim help-seeking -- Conclusions and recommendations Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-282) and index Subject Murderers -- United States -- Psychology. Women -- Crimes against -- United States -- Case studies. Uxoricide -- United States -- Case studies. Murder -- United States -- Case studies. Genre/Form Case studies. LC no. 2007007049 ISBN 9780826515681 (cloth : alk. paper) 0826515681 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780826515698 (paperback: alk. paper) 082651569X (paperback: alk. paper)

  Permalink