Familicidal Hearts

Neil Websdale, PhD, is a Professor of Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University and the Director and Principal Project Advisor of the National Domestic Violence Fatality Review Initiative (US Department of Justice).

• 1. Situating Familicide ; 2. Figurations of Feeling, Haunted Hearts, and Uncanny Acts ; 3. Familicide: A History ; 4. Livid Coercive Hearts ; 5. Civil Reputable Hearts ; 6. Familicide as a Consequence of Modern Era Emotional Formations ; 7. Some Implications: A Few Closing Thoughts ; Appendix I: The Occupational Backgrounds of the Livid Coercive and Civil Reputable Hearts ; Appendix II: The Racial/Ethnic Backgrounds of the Livid Coercive and Civil Reputable Hearts ; Appendix III: Rates of Familicide per 100,000 US Population in 10 year intervals (N= 190 US Cases) ; Appendix IV: Survey Instrument: Male Perpetrators ; Notes ; References ; Index

"This is an important book for anyone interested in the roots of violence...it represents the largest and most systematic of the attempts to study multiple killings....an impressive study..."--PsycCritiques"For the 211 cases (Websdale) analyzes, not only does he adopt official crime or media reports, he also conducts interviews with involved parties, collecting where possible complex and informative empirical material." -- Contemporary Sociology"This is an important book for anyone interested in the roots of violence...it represents the largest and most systematic of the attempts to study multiple killings....an impressive study..."--PsycCritiques"For the 211 cases (Websdale) analyzes, not only does he adopt official crime or media reports, he also conducts interviews with involved parties, collecting where possible complex and informative empirical material." -- Contemporary Sociology