Format:
XII, 199 S.
,
25 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
0275990001
,
9780275990008
Content:
Historical background of massacre : the crusades and the concept of "holy war" to rationalize violence -- 20th century genocides : focused extinction of a people versus extreme aggression as an instrument of control -- Genocide : Armenia, the Holomodor, Cambodia , Rwanda, the killing fields Bosnia -- The Holocaust -- Massacres : the rape of Nanking , My Lai, El Mozote, and Sand Creek -- Lynchings -- Prison riots -- Societal transitions -- Individual transitions to evil -- Forensics of war -- Individual differences in susceptibility to transition
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-190) and index
,
A history of violence -- Mass violence in the twentieth century -- Genocides -- The Holocaust -- Military massacres -- Lynchings -- Prison riots -- Societal transitions : the normative shifts in genocide -- Individual transitions to extreme violence -- Rape, serial killers, and the forensic psychology of war -- Individual differences in violent aggression -- Final thoughts -- Postscript : the final summation
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Dutton, Donald G., 1943 - The Psychology of Genocide, Massacres, and Extreme Violence Westport : Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007 ISBN 9780313071492
Language:
English
Keywords:
Völkermord
;
Massenmord
;
Sozialpsychologie
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