The New Evil: Understanding the Emergence of Modern Violent Crime

Abstract

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- CONTENTS -- PART I: THE TWENTY-TWO DEGREES OF EVIL -- Chapter One: Introduction to the Gradations of Evil Scale -- Chapter Two: Categories 1-6 -- Chapter Three: Categories 7 and 8 -- Chapter Four: Categories 9-14 -- Chapter Five: Categories 15 and 16 -- Chapter Six: Serial Murder -- Chapter Seven: Category 17 -- Chapter Eight: Category 18 -- Chapter Nine: Categories 19, 20, and 21 -- Chapter Ten: Category 22 -- Chapter Eleven: An Algorithm to Facilitate Use of the Scale -- PART II: THE ERA OF "NEW" EVIL -- Chapter Twelve: Cultural Changes That Affect the Patterns of Violence in Peacetime -- Chapter Thirteen: School Shooters -- Chapter Fourteen: May Justice Triumph Over Law: Contemporary Forms of Evil Not Involving Violence, Including a Commentary on Child Custody Cases and the Courts That Preside Over Them -- Chapter Fifteen: A New Challenge to Justice: Kids Who Commit Evil -- Chapter Sixteen: An Alphabet of "New" Evil -- Final Thoughts -- Photo Insert -- Afterword by Ann W. Burgess, DNSc., APRN -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Authors.