false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177301123m/693193.jpg 693193 3 In <I>Why They Kill</I>, Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Rhodes traces the life and career of criminologist Lonnie Athens, a man who took his own sad and squalid life and turned it on its head to make a groundbreaking career as a criminologist. Athens grew up in a violent, angry world. Rather than absorbing the sickness and violence around him, though, he studied it, and eventually developed a theory about how violent criminals are created. Rhodes's critical examination of Athens's work forces readers to consider how violent our society really is, how it became that way, and what might be done to change it. When applied to well-known criminals such as Michael Tyson and Lee Harvey Oswald, Athens's ideas become concrete and take on an urgent tone: it's easy to discuss theories and predictors in the abstract, but these stories are real, and they repeat themselves in our society at an alarming rate. Rhodes's approach to this disturbing subject stands apart from many other crime books in its intelligence, humanity, and empathy. These are not just descriptions of "scumbags" and their brutal crimes, but intensely personal stories that reveal how a culture of violence propagates itself. <I>--Lisa Higgins</I> 679520 1999 Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist total:70|5:22|4:19|3:16|2:9|1:4| 70 256 108 15 1720171 0375402497 9780375402494 3 1 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223623661m/1720171.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1720171.Why_They_Kill_Discoveries_of_a_Maverick_Criminologist 5 0 true Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 18:15:02 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 15:18:26 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 693193 0375702482 9780375702488 67 14 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177301123m/693193.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/693193.Why_They_Kill_The_Discoveries_of_a_Maverick_Criminologist 4 0 false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Oct 17 21:35:12 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 21:44:10 -0700 2007 The standard approach to this day is statistical methods/measurements. I love Lonnie Athens for his stubborness - for creating his own path to discovery.
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