The murderer next door : why the mind is designed to kill / David M. Buss
- Bib ID:
- 3486963
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Buss, David M
- Description:
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- New York : Penguin Press, 2005
- 278 p. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1594200432
- Summary:
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"Have you ever fantasized about killing someone? If you answered yes, you are not alone. A groundbreaking study by leading psychological researcher David Buss reveals that 91 percent of men and 84 percent of women have had at least one vivid fantasy - often intense and astonishingly detailed - of committing murder. Though we may like to think that murderers are either pathological misfits or hardened criminals, as leading psychological researcher and critically acclaimed author David Buss highlights, the vast majority of murders are committed by people who, until the day they kill, seem perfectly normal.".
"The Murderer Next Door is a look into the dark underworld of the human mind and why, Buss reveals, the pressures of evolutionary competition have adapted our minds for murder. Buss takes us on a fascinating journey into the killing mind with gripping stories about specific murder cases, murderers' own accounts of why they killed, and many astonishing quotes from the most massive study of homicidal fantasies ever conducted, with people's amazingly detailed accounts of the murders they considered committing."--BOOK JACKET.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-272) and index.
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- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
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- Publication date:
- 2005
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