Overview

This text introduces students to ""neurocriminalistics"" (Jacobs 2005), the New School neuroscience of the violent criminal mind interpreted by high resolution brain scans and by brain fingerprinting and other state of the art neuropsych paradigms. Criminal Psychology: Sexual Predators in the Age of Neuroscience is an academic text for undergraduate students wishing to understand ""the criminal mind"" as analyzed by the ""yardsticks"" of neuroscience. Each chapter has 2 predator profiles (bios of news-worthy criminals), allowing the student to discover insights not usually covered in news stories Integrates an extensive glossary, aiding in technical word knowledge

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Author:   Don E Jacobs
Publisher:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
Imprint:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 27.90cm
ISBN:  

9780757525872

ISBN 10:   0757525873
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   05 January 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface: The Living Nightmare of Netherworld Foreword: A Word from the Author/Acknowledgement and Organization Matters Chapter 1: Predatory Psychopath: Violent Predators & Serial Crime Predator Profile 1-1: UNSUB Jack the Ripper Predator Profile 1-2: William Heirens The Lipstick Killer Chapter 2: The Narrow Down Principle: Psychological Assessment & Criminal Profiling Predator Profile 2-1: Richard Trenton Chase The Vampire of Sacramento Predator Profile 2-2: Edward Theodore Ed Gein The Plainfield Ghoul, The Mad Butcher of Plainfield Chapter 3: Paradigms of Criminality Predator Profile 3-1: Harvey Murray Glatman The Lonely Hearts Killer Predator Profile 3-2: Albert De Salvo The Boston Strangler Chapter 4: Modus Vivendi - Sexualized Aspects of Serial Crime: From Fantasy to Aftermath Predator Profile 4-1: Richard Ramirez The Night Stalker Predator Profile 4-2: Theodore Ted Bundy CREATURE FEATURES: Five Faces of Toxic Parenting Karla Faye Tucker Susan Smith Darlie Routier Mary Kay Letourneau Scott Peterson Chapter 5: The Rapacious Mind: Neurochemistry & Psychopathy Predator Profile 5-1: Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer The Milwaukee Cannibal Predator Profile 5-2: Arthur Shawcross The Rochester Night Stalker Chapter 6: Toxic, Antisocial Parenting and Adolescent Psychopathy Predator Profile 6-1: John Wayne Gacy, Jr. The Killer Clown Predator Profile 6-2: Richard David Berkowitz The Son of Sam Chapter 7: The Psychology of Perversion: Adolescent Rambo Killers & Female Serial Killers Predator Profile 7-1: Sketches of Females Who Kill (1) Black Widow Margie Barfield Dianne Lumbrera (2) Angel of Death Genene Jones (3) Sexual Predator Aileen Wournos (4) Revenge Killer Martha Wise (5) Profit/Crime Killer Madame Popova Anna Marie Hahn (6) Question of Sanity - Insane Killer Bobbie Sue Terrell Andrea Yates (7) Unexplained Motive - Neighborhood Killers Christine Fallin Audrey Hilley (8) Team Killers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow Caril Ann Fugate and Charles Starkweather Debra Brown and Alton Colman (9) Female Killer Teams Gyndolyn Graham and Catherine May Wood (10) Unsolved Killers - UNSUB (Unidentified Subject) UNSUB The Butcher of Kingsbury Run UNSUB Angel of Death (11) Family Team of Killers - Female Serial Killers The McCrary Family Predator Profile 7-2: Charles Manson and the Manson Family Chapter 8: The Mark of the Beast Predator Profile 8-1: Aileen Lee Carol Wournos Predator Profile 8-2: Joel David Rifkin Epilogue: Positive Parenting - Five Nurturing Skills Word Scholar Glossary References Index

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