Jack Levin, PhD (Boston, MA), is the Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Northeastern University, as well as the director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict. He is the author of many critically acclaimed books on criminology, including Why We Hate (with Gordana Rabrenovic), Overkill (with James Alan Fox), Hate Crimes Revisited (with J. McDevitt), and The Violence of Hate, and is frequently quoted in the national media. He often appears on national television, including Today, Oprah, The O'Reilly Factor, Larry King Live, 20/20, 48 Hours, Dateline NBC, and many other programs.
Description
Introduction; Conversing with the Devil; Gaining a Sadistic Thrill; Silencing the Lambs; Looking More Innocent than an Innocent Man; Killing without a Care; Hating Enough to Kill; Hiding Domestic Violence?; Fighting the Culture of Silence; Killing for Company; Planning and Plotting to Kill; Motivating Mindless Murder; Teaming Up to Kill; Threatening to Kill; Victimising the Vulnerable; Stigmatising the Community; Preventing the Murderous Impulse; Responding to the; Murderous Impulse; Index.
"[A] collection of war stories, well told, scrupulously documented, informative, and often including details derived from his personal involvement as an expert witness" --Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 37, No. 6