The perversion of virtue: understanding murder-suicide

"Of the approximately 38,500 deaths by suicide in the U.S. annually, about two percent - between 750 and 800 - are murder-suicides. The horror of the murder-suicide looms large in the public consciousness-they are reported in the media with more frequency and far more sensationalism than most s...

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Main Author: Joiner, Thomas, Jr. 1965- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2014
In:Year: 2014
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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505 8 0 |a Machine generated contents note:Preface -- Section 1: Introductory Material -- Chapter 1 Murder-Suicide: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Initial Conceptualization -- Chapter 2 Understanding Murder -- Chapter 3 Understanding Suicide -- Chapter 4 Understanding Virtue -- Section 2: Understanding Murder-Suicide as a Perversion of Virtue -- Chapter 5 A Perversion of Mercy -- Chapter 6 A Perversion of Justice -- Chapter 7 A Perversion of Duty -- Chapter 8 A Perversion of Heroic Glory -- Chapter 9 The Neighboring But Distinct Categories of Perverting Self-Control and Fate -- Section 3: Implications and Conclusions -- Chapter 10 Prevention, Clinical, and Other Real-World Applications -- Chapter 11 Conclusion: Human Nature and the Perversion of Virtue. 
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