| Description |
ix, 450 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, colour portraits ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
How to use this book -- Introducation -- PART I Filicide and familicide -- Killing your own family -- Taxonomies (classification schemes) -- Chapter 1 Geoff Hunt -- Chapter 2 Arthur Freman -- Chapter 3 Akon Guode -- Family destruction: Damien Little and Darren Milne -- Conclusion -- PART II Narcissistic personality disorder and malignant narcissim -- Arrogant, dangerous and sometimes vulnerable -- Chapter 4 Man Haron Monis -- Chapter 5 Megan Haines -- Chapter 6 Robert Xie -- Conclusion -- PART III Dependent personality disorder -- Desperately needy -- Histrionic personality disorder: emotional attention-seeking -- Chapter 7 Michael O'Neill -- Chapter 8 Chamari Liyanage -- Chapter 9 Anthony Sherna -- Chapter 10 Cia Xiz Liao -- Conclusion -- PART IV Paranoid personality disorder -- You can't trust anyone -- Chapter 11 Ian Jamieson -- Conclusion -- PART V Antisocial personality disorder -- Life outside the rules -- Chapter 12 Michael Cardamine -- Conclusion -- ART VI Criminal autistic psychopathy and sexual sadism disorder -- A dangerous combination -- Chapter 13 Vincent Stanford -- Conclusion -- Appendix: where to go for help and support -- Glossary -- References -- Court and media references -- Further reading -- Permissions - Acknowledgements |
| Summary |
Nurses and neighbours, partners and parents all murderers who shocked Australia with the severity of their crimes. But what makes them tick? Society couple Michael O'Neill and Stuart Rattle had it all their lavish country property, their interior design business until Michael bludgeoned Stuart to death with a cooking pan. Akon Guode intentionally drove into a lake, leaving three of her children trapped in the car to drown. Geoff Hunt, pillar of the local community, shot dead his wife and their three children before killing himself. From feuds on the farm to the infamous Lindt Cafe Siege in Sydney, Mind Behind the Crime profiles Australia's most horrific, and often most unlikely, killers. Renowned psychologist Dr Helen McGrath and prolific journalist Cheryl Critchley, authors of the bestselling Why Did They Do It?, join forces again to unpack the crimes and discover the personality disorders of the perpetrators. They use psychoanalysis and scientific methodology to uncover the circumstances and motives of our country's most notorious murderers, and to really understand the mind behind the crime |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
"The mind behind the crime :what makes Australia's worst killers tick?" -- Cover title |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-445) |
| Subject |
Crime analysis.
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Crime -- Australia.
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Murder -- Australia -- Case studies.
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Murder -- Australia.
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Murderers -- Australia -- Case studies.
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Murderers -- Australia -- Psychology.
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Murderers -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
McGrath, Helen, author
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| ISBN |
9781760554156 (paperback) |
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