The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder

The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder is an academic, yet engrossing, exploration of extraordinary and seemingly inexplicable cases of homicide -- not to sensationalize them, but because these are the cases that inform public opinion and policy.

Authored by renowned experts James Alan Fox, Jack Levin, and Kenna Quinet, The Will to Kill, Fifth Edition places these crimes in context by reviewing homicide laws, introducing theories that seek to explain murder, and presenting up-to-date statistical data that identify homicide patterns and trends. The Fifth Edition covers topics ranging from domestic and workplace homicide to cult and hate killings; murder committed by juveniles to serial slayings. Finally, it examines criminal justice responses to homicide, including the strategies and tactics employed to apprehend, prosecute, and punish killers. Virtually every chapter in this edition has undergone significant revision. In particular, this edition reflects recent legislative changes and Supreme Court decisions, includes new case examples, and contains extensively expanded discussions of family and school homicide.