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The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill

The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill

Buss, David M.

Paperback

CognitionCriminologyTrue Crime

Publisher Price: $16.00

ISBN10: 0143037056
ISBN13: 9780143037057
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: Apr 25 2006
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.78 Depth: 7.60
Language: English
As acclaimed psychological researcher and author David Buss writes, People are mesmerized by murder. It commands our attention like no other human phenomenon, and those touched by its ugly tendrils never forget. Though we may like to believe that murderers are pathological misfits and hardened criminals, the vast majority of murders are committed by people who, until the day they kill, would seem to be perfectly normal.

David Buss's pioneering work has made major national news in the past, and this provocative book is sure to generate a storm of attention. The Murderer Next Door is a riveting look into the dark underworld of the human psyche--an astonishing exploration of when and why we kill and what might push any one of us over the edge. A leader in the innovative field of evolutionary psychology, Buss conducted an unprecedented set of studies investigating the underlying motives and circumstances of murders, from the bizarre outlier cases of serial killers to those of the friendly next-door neighbor who one day kills his wife.

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