To most Americans, homicide appears to be a random act, one
committed by a deranged and irrational killer in a haphazard,
unpredictable manner. Murder is seen as a chaotic, disorganized act
beyond the realm of reason. In Wicked Deeds, James O'Kane shows
that homicide is actually rather predictable, and patterned with
respect to its assailants and victims, the circumstances in which
it takes place, the time and location where it occurs, and the
motives which precipitate the murderous act. Engagingly written and
solidly grounded in evidence, this is a definitive study of murder
in the United States.
O'Kane explores the phenomena of homicide, illustrating the
journalists' "who, what, why, when, and where" of murder. He
differentiates criminal homicide, such as murder in the first and
second degree, from other types of killings, including legal and
quasi-legal killings. These include suicide, abortion, accidental
death, terrorism, and other non-criminal types of homicide, such as
justifiable and excusable homicide. The author's focus is criminal
homicide, and he uses age, sex, race, and socioeconomic status, as
well as demographic data to explain ever-recurring patterns of
murder in the United States.
Wicked Deeds analyzes numerous categories of murder: intimate
partner homicide, child and family murders, multiple victim
killings, including mass murder and serial homicide. Each type of
murder is illustrated by accounts of actual murders reported in the
media and on internet sites. Approximately 200 cases illustrate the
typical homicides as well as the bizarre ones.
In portraying the patterns and regularities of murder in the
United States, Wicked Deeds is an essential treatment of a subject
too often given over to sensationalism. It will be of keen interest
to professionals and students of criminal justice, as well as those
interested in American culture and the general reader who wants to
grasp the patterns underlying the headlines.
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