Lonnie Athens has been studying violent criminals for 20 years, served as a consultant on capital murder cases, and has published an earlier book, Violent Criminal Acts and Actors. He was senior research criminologist at Georgetown University Law Center and now teaches in the criminology department at Seton Hall University.

"The most far-reaching, provocative, and profound analysis of violent conduct to be found in the criminological literature." -- Norman K. Denzin, author of The Research Act

Lonnie Athens has been studying violent criminals for 20 years, served as a consultant on capital murder cases, and has published an earlier book, Violent Criminal Acts and Actors. He was senior research criminologist at Georgetown University Law Center and now teaches in the criminology department at Seton Hall University.

"The most far-reaching, provocative, and profound analysis of violent conduct to be found in the criminological literature." -- Norman K. Denzin, author of The Research Act

Lonnie Athens has been studying violent criminals for 20 years, served as a consultant on capital murder cases, and has published an earlier book, Violent Criminal Acts and Actors. He was senior research criminologist at Georgetown University Law Center and now teaches in the criminology department at Seton Hall University.

"The most far-reaching, provocative, and profound analysis of violent conduct to be found in the criminological literature." -- Norman K. Denzin, author of The Research Act