A Violent Heart Understanding Aggressive Individuals

Subjects:

• Crime & Justice » Forensics & Forensic Psychology
• Psychology » Adolescent Psychology
• Psychology » Abnormal Psychology

Reviews:

• Providing many gory details of crimes, this book is recommended for those interested in past and current criminal cases involving violent individuals. All levels.
  —Choice February 2003
• With a smooth blend of intelligent analysis and lurid, true-crime stories, Moffat creates a stimulating arena for the study of violent behavior....[T]his book reinforces the value of offering meaningful engagements and relationships to adolescents. It is good reading and particularly revealing for those readers in a position to touch the lives of adolescents.
  —Voya June 2003
• ...Moffat presents a broad perspective on the psychological and sociological roots of aggression. Using both case studies and theoretical constructs from several different fields, this work provides an overview of the diverse mix of factors that create individuals with a propensity to resort to violence.
  —Adolescence November 3, 2002

• Endorsement From Bert Allen
  Chair of Social Learning/Professor of Psychology
  Milligan College: Very enlightening, well-researched, and compelling...as timely as today's news broadcasts.
• Endorsement From John E. Otto
  Former Acting Director, FBI
  Chestertown, MD: A very practical book for people who want to learn about violent behavior.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction to Aggression
• Teach Me to Fish: The Development of Aggression
• Doli Incapax: Violence by Children
• A Port in a Storm: Gang Violence
• Till Death Do Us Part: Domestic Violence
• Monsters Among Us: Serial Killers
• Balance Due: Mass Murder
• Impulsive Murder: Road Rage, Air Rage, and Sports Rage
• Murder for Hire: Hired Assassins, Organized Crime
• Instructions from God: Hate Crimes
• Unwrapping the Enigma: Homicide Investigation
• The Parrot Speaks: Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index