The psychology of genocide, massacres, and extreme violence : why "normal" people come to commit atr...
The psychology of genocide, massacres, and extreme violence : why "normal" people come to commit atr...
The psychology of genocide, massacres, and extreme violence : why "normal" people come to commit atrocities / Donald G. Dutton.
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Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N304.663/ 14
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English
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xii, 199 p. ; 25 cm.
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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 psycholo...
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Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2007.
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Connecticut
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2007.
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Understanding what makes individuals commit atrocities, says Dutton, may help world powers predict and prevent such slaughters in the future."--BOOK JACKET....
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The psychology of genocide, massacres, and extreme violence : why "normal" people come to commit atrocities / Donald G. Dutton.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-190) and index.
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N304.663/ 14
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0275990001 (alk. paper)
9780275990008 (alk. paper)
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304.663
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991023073939702626
