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Author Pincus, Jonathan H., 1935-

Title Base instincts : what makes killers kill? / Jonathan H. Pincus.

Publication Info. New York : Norton, [2001]
©2001

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Location Call No. Status
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  364.1523 PIN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 239 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239).
Contents The theory of violence as taught by Louis Culpepper -- Murder on the school bus -- Murder by abuse -- Genes, geography, and the generation of violence -- Wrath: repression and release--the effects of frontal lobotomy -- Immaturity, mania, mistreatment, and miscreancy -- Toxins and turmoil -- Nature, nurture, and neurology -- Anatomy of evil -- Did you ever hear a baby cry? -- Hitler and hatred -- Prevention and treatment -- Appendix: tools of diagnosis: history, physical examination, and the role of tests.
Subject Murder -- Psychological aspects.
Murderers -- Psychology.
ISBN 039305022X
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