Serial Killers: Psychiatry, Criminology, Responsibility
Author:   Francesca Biagi-Chai ,  Veronique Voruz (University of Leicester, UK) ,  Phillip Dravers (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   216
Publication Date:   20 August 2012
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Serial Killers: Psychiatry, Criminology, Responsibility


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Author:   Francesca Biagi-Chai ,  Veronique Voruz (University of Leicester, UK) ,  Phillip Dravers (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge Cavendish
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9780415681674


ISBN 10:   0415681677
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   20 August 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Jacques-Alain Miller; Introduction. Revisiting the Question of Madness, Véronique Voruz and Suzanne Yang; Chapter 1. The Enigma of Serial Killers; Chapter 2. Case Study of a Serial Killer: Henri-Désiré Landru; Chapter 3.Landru and Women: Three Categories Plus One; Chapter 4. Landru and Men: A World Divided in Two; Chapter 5 .Landru’s Psychosis; Chapter 6. Further Case-Studies; Conclusion. Criminal Responsibilities

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Francesca Biagi-Chai is a Psychiatrist in charge of a day care unit at hospital Paul Guiraud (Paris), psychoanalyst member of the Ecole de la Cause Freudienne and World Association of Psychoanalysis, lecturer at the Clinical Section of the Psychoanalysis Department (Paris 8) and the Istituto Freudiano di Roma Véronique Voruz is Senior lecturer in Law and Criminology at the University of Leicester. She is also guest lecturer at the École de Criminologie, Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve, psychoanalyst member of the World Association of Psychoanalysis, and joint editor of The Later Lacan: an Introduction (SUNY:2007) Suzanne Yang is Visiting Instructor in Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Suzanne is a Forensic psychiatrist with a research focus on violence risk assessment in adults and clinical interventions for violence prevention

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