The Murderer Next Door: Why The Mind Is Designed To Kill - Hardcover

Buss, David M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594200432 ISBN 13: 9781594200434

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 2005

Synopsis

A controversial analysis of the psyche of murderers draws on the author's investigations into their underlying motives and circumstances, theorizing that the human psyche has evolved special adaptations that enable murder to become a logical option, and identifying at which point people are most vulnerable to being killed or becoming killers. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"[Buss's] contravening of the conventional wisdom on murders shows promise of becoming the new conventional wisdom." --The Washington Post Book World

About the Author:

David Buss is a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. His path-breaking research has received extensive media coverage, including features in Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, and he has appeared on Dateline, 20/20, the Today show, and CBS This Morning. His books include The Evolution of Desire and The Dangerous Passion.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1594200432
• ISBN 13: 9781594200434
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 278