Part I. The Factors that Underlie Lust Killing: 1. How to gain understanding; 2. A focus on the individual; 3. States of brain and mind; 4. A focus on the context; 5. Ways of explaining; 6. The motivation underlying serial lust killing; 7. Inhibition; 8. The making of a sex-linked killer; 9. Linking normality to abnormality; 10. Looking for a thrill; 11. Beyond conventional desire: Paraphilias; 12. Can it become addictive?; Part II. Biographical Sketches: 13. Similarities and differences; 14. A focus on the males in the family; 15. A focus on the (ex) wife; 16. A focus on the mother: Being given up for adoption; 17. A focus on the mother: Uncertainty; 18. A focus on the mother: Her behavior; 19. A focus on revenge; 20. Just for being gay; 21. Fetishes and partialisms; 22. Imprinting on powerful events; 23. Living in farmyard squalor; 24. Cross-dressing; 25. Attachment-linked killers; 26. A desire for child victims; 27. Stress and disorganization; 28. Problems with sexual potency; 29. Paired killers: Male; 30. Paired killers: Male and female; 31. Drugs and addiction in focus; 32. More questions than answers; Part III. Final Word: 33. Bringing things together.
This book provides an integrative and jargon-free understanding of the phenomenon of sexual serial killing to a wide readership.
Frederick Toates, D.Sc., is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the Open University, UK. His book How Sexual Desire Works: The Enigmatic Urge (Cambridge, 2014) won the 2015 PROSE Award for Psychology from the Association of American Publishers. His other books include Biological Psychology (2011) and Motivational Systems (Cambridge, 1986). Olga Coschug-Toates, PhD, is a trilingual translator and interpreter with responsibilities for legal and social services and mental health translation. She was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Open University, UK, and the principal coordinator for the NATO Scientific Programme between the UK, Russia and Moldova. She co-authored Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (2002) with Frederick Toates.
'Understanding Sexual Serial Killing fills a hole in our
theoretical narrative while offering a comprehensive overview of
this type of offender. With updated psychological and
neuroscientific research, this book dissects the motivational roots
of the most depraved sexually compelled serial killers. It should
be in the library of anyone who deals with or teaches about them.'
Katherine Ramsland, DeSales University, USA
'This is the most comprehensive book on lust serial killing ever
published. As well as including a detailed biopsychosocial
perspective on this type of offending, it includes a series of
biographical analyses which are logically grouped to provide the
reader with a deep understanding of the psychological development
of lust serial killers. One of the most interesting and
thought-provoking books in the field!' Clare Allely, University of
Salford, UK
'Understanding Sexual Serial Killing conveys complex ideas
regarding the biopsychosocial elements of lust murder in prose that
is refreshingly succinct and easily understandable. Complementing
their sharp intellects with a pervading wisdom, the authors offer
an indispensable contribution to the field. This book is among the
best on sexual homicide to appear in the twenty-first century. No
serious forensic psychologist or criminologist would risk omitting
it from their library.' Lee Mellor, author of Cold North Killers:
Canadian Serial Murder, UK
'This engaging, easy-to-follow text examines the profiles of
different types of serial killer. These profiles are brought to
life vividly through in-depth analysis using description and
theory. This combination makes the text an invaluable source of
archival information for general readers, students and academics
alike.' Sandie Taylor, University of South Wales, UK
'The development and motivations of serial lust killers are
detailed using case profiles combined with neuroscientific and
biopsychosocial research vividly explaining the concepts by the
authors. Understanding Sexual Serial Killing is a must-have guide
for researchers, writers and readers who want to understand sexual
homicide.' Carrie Anne Drazewski-Keller, Anthropologist, Colorado
Western Slope, USA
'One of the reasons that the book is praised by experts and lay
readers alike is that it deliberately eschews jargon. Its reliance
on plain language while still accounting for the scholarly
literature makes it simultaneously accessible and scholarly. …
Although written from a psychological perspective, Toates and
Coschug-Toates have incorporated a range of relevant work from
biology, law, and sociology. The curious sociologist will find much
of value here, particularly in the chapter that locates the
psychology of the individual offender within his wider social
milieu.' James Oleson, New Zealand Sociology
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