The psychology of genocide, massacres, and extreme violence : why "normal" people come to commit atrocities

Publication Data

• Title The psychology of genocide, massacres, and extreme violence : why "normal" people come to commit atrocities
• Author Donald G. Dutton
• Publisher Praeger Security International
• Publication date 2007
• Publication location Westport, Conn.
• Language English

Contents

A history of violence
Mass violence in the twentieth century
Genocides
The Holocaust
Military massacres
Lynchings
Prison riots
Societal transitions : the normative shifts in genocide
Individual transitions to extreme violence
Rape, serial killers, and the forensic psychology of war
Individual differences in violent aggression
Final thoughts
Postscript : the final summation.

Topics

• Violence
• Social psychology
• 013704237

The psychology of genocide, massacres, and extreme violence : why "normal" people come to commit atrocities by Donald G. Dutton. ISBN 9780275990008. Published by Praeger Security International in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.