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Author: Julie B. Wiest (High Point University, North Carolina, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.521kg
ISBN: 9781439851548
ISBN 10: 1439851549
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 06 June 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
! well thought out and scholarly !. --Heith Copes, University of Alabama at Birmingham Using an interdisciplinary framework that takes into account culture, gender, and race, the book provides a critical analysis of serial murders in the United States and makes an important contribution to knowledge in culture, gender, race/ethnicity and criminology. --Hoan N. Bui, University of Tennessee, Knoxville I will be adopting this book as a primary source for additional insight and information for teaching an upper division course on Serial Killers ! . The author's sociocultural approach to understanding serial murder is a much needed theoretical conceptualization --Jacquelyn L. Sandifer, Campbellsville University, Kentucky, USA
! well thought out and scholarly !. --Heith Copes, University of Alabama at Birmingham Using an interdisciplinary framework that takes into account culture, gender, and race, the book provides a critical analysis of serial murders in the United States and makes an important contribution to knowledge in culture, gender, race/ethnicity and criminology. --Hoan N. Bui, University of Tennessee, Knoxville I will be adopting this book as a primary source for additional insight and information for teaching an upper division course on Serial Killers ! . The author's sociocultural approach to understanding serial murder is a much needed theoretical conceptualization --Jacquelyn L. Sandifer, Campbellsville University, Kentucky, USA The author has written a fascinating, creative, and enlightening examination of our cultural monsters. Anyone who seeks to understand this horrific phenomenon will want to read Wiest's excellent work. a --Jack Levin, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts and author of Serial Killers and Sadistic Murderers: Up Close and Personal.
! well thought out and scholarly !. --Heith Copes, University of Alabama at Birmingham Using an interdisciplinary framework that takes into account culture, gender, and race, the book provides a critical analysis of serial murders in the United States and makes an important contribution to knowledge in culture, gender, race/ethnicity and criminology. --Hoan N. Bui, University of Knoxville, Tennessee
Author Information
Dr. Julie B. Wiest is an assistant professor of communication and sociology at High Point University in High Point, North Carolina. She earned a doctorate in sociology from the University of Tennessee and a master’s degree in journalism and mass communication from the University of Georgia. Wiest also has nearly a decade of experience in print and electronic journalism and published a book in 2006 titled We Were There, a compilation of the World War II narratives of 30 veterans.
