WHY THEY KILL: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist
by Rhodes, Richard
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (a bit of toning and wear to top edge of dj, folded slightly offcenter)/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375402497
- ISBN 13
- 9780375402494
- Seller
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About This Item
New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1999,. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (a bit of toning and wear to top edge of dj, folded slightly offcenter). First printing. A book by this Pulitzer Prize winning author which "explores the discoveries of a maverick American criminologist, Dr. Lonnie Athens - himself the child of a violent family - which challenge conventional theories about violent behavior. By interviewing violent criminals in prison, Dr. Athens has identified a pattern of social development common to all seriously violent people-a four-stage process he calls violentization." Notes, bibliography, index. 368 pp.
Synopsis
Richard Rhodes lives in rural Connecticut.
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- 88325
- Title
- WHY THEY KILL: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist
- Author
- Rhodes, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (a bit of toning and wear to top edge of dj, folded slightly offcenter)
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0375402497
- ISBN 13
- 9780375402494
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1999,
- Keywords
- Dr. Lonnie Athens
- Bookseller catalogs
- Criminology and True Crime;
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