UNDERSTANDING NECROPHILIA

ISBN: 9781631899683 Géneros: JKV Sinópsis: Designed to serve as a complete reference guide for psychiatrists social workers those working in law enforcement and students of forensic medicine and psychology Understanding Necrophilia A Global Multidisciplinary Approach features the writing of experts from around the world who share professional cultural social and legal insights on the subject This interdisciplinary text provides a balanced and applied approach to studying necrophilia and examines the phenomenon from the perspectives of abnormal and social psychology cultural sociology criminology criminal justice forensic anthropology medical pathology and legal systems Specific topics include historical legal definitional and ethical issues surrounding necrophilia its etiology paraphilic comorbidities and various typologies and links to homicide Comprehensive and groundbreaking Understanding Necrophilia is a wellresearched fearless academic examination of a topic that is both challenging and disturbing and the author contributions are informative yet sensitive Understanding Necrophilia can serve as a standalone text and is also an excellent supplement to standard textbooks on forensic psychology criminology and sexual deviance Lee Mellor is the author of Cold North Killers Canadian Serial Murder and Rampage Canadian Mass Murder and Spree Killing He is a PhD candidate at Concordia University in Montreal where he lectures on social deviance Anil Aggrawal earned his MD in forensic medicine and toxicology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences He teaches forensic medicine pathology and psychology at the Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi He is currently researching his theory of paraphilic equivalence which predicts same taxonomies for all paraphilias Eric Hickey is dean of the California School of Forensic Studies at Alliant International University and editorinchief of the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology He is currently r