Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 317 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
1. Cho Seung-Hui -- 2. Who was Cho Seung-Hui? -- 3. What we have learned from the Virginia Tech massacre -- 4. Prediction of violence : who is dangerous to whom, why, and what can be done about it? -- 5. The Virginia panel and campus safety -- 6. An epidemic of campus and workplace suicidal mass murder -- 7. The psychotic -- 8. Cho Seung-Hui, attachment disorders, and pathological narcissism -- 9. Best clinical practices -- 10. Potential signs for dangerous behavior and best practice solutions |
Summary |
A collaboration between a published researcher on serial violence and an experienced clinical psychiatrist, this book examines violence from the perspective of clinical medicine and psychology and helps to identify and effectively deal with the potential suicidal mass murderer before he kills. The authors review underlying causes, medical and social considerations, and the types of intervention possible. They begin with an overview of violence and aggression, move into the epidemiology of mass murder, and address the prevention of campus and workplace violence. Case studies of the most sensati |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Mass murderers -- Psychology -- Case studies
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Mass murder -- Psychological aspects -- Case studies
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Suicidal behavior -- Case studies
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Criminal psychology.
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Criminal behavior, Prediction of.
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Violence -- Prevention
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TRUE CRIME -- Murder -- General.
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Criminal behavior, Prediction of
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Criminal psychology
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Mass murder -- Psychological aspects
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Mass murderers -- Psychology
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Suicidal behavior
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Violence -- Prevention
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Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Birnes, William J
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LC no. |
2010032789 |
ISBN |
9781420076790 |
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1420076795 |
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9781466549678 |
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146654967X |
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9781138426658 |
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1138426652 |
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