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Evolutionary psychologist Buss conducted an unprecedented set of studies investigating the underlying motives and circumstances of murders, from bizarre cases of serial killers to those of the friendly next-door neighbor who one day kills his wife. 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, seem to be perfectly normal. He puts forth a bold new general theory of homicide, arguing that the human psyche has evolved specialized adaptations whose function is to kill. Taking readers through the surprising twists and turns of the evolutionary logic of murder, he explains exactly when each of us is most at risk, both of being murdered and of becoming a murderer.--From publisher description.
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The Murderer Next Door
2009, Penguin USA, Inc.
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The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill
April 25, 2006, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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The murderer next door: why the mind is designed to kill
2005, Penguin Press
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The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill
May 19, 2005, Penguin Press HC, The
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-272) and index.
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"MY INTEREST in studying murder was sparked when I witnessed a close friend fly into a murderous rage one night at a cocktail party."
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A leading psychologist profiles the killer in us all with this provocative, trailblazing workThough we may choose to believe that murderers are pathological misfits or hardened criminals, evolutionary psychologist and acclaimed author David Buss has some sobering news. Based on years of unprecedented studies conducted around the globe and filled with riveting accounts of specific murders, The Murderer Next Door shows that the vast majority of murders are committed by ordinary people—and that the impulse to kill, far from being an aberration, has been hardwired by evolution into every human brain, where it awaits triggers that are stunningly familiar. Packed with revelatory information that overturns so much of what we think about ourselves, this riveting look into the underworld of the human mind will enthrall the legions of readers drawn to criminal profiling and true crime.
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