Oscar, physically and sexually abusive, stabbed his partner and two
stepdaughters to death, buried the bodies, and fled the state with
his two younger children. Paul, a respected investment banker,
donned a Halloween mask and shot his wife and two children before
turning the gun on himself. What drives individuals as different as
Oscar and Paul to kill their families? Why does familicide appear
to be on the rise? In Familicidal Hearts, award-winning author and
sociologist Neil Websdale uncovers the stories behind 196 male and
15 female perpetrators of this shocking offense, situating their
emotional styles on a continuum, from the livid coercive to the
civil reputable. With highly detailed and riveting case studies,
Websdale explores the pivotal roles of shame, rage, fear, anxiety,
and depression in the lives and crimes of the killers. His analysis
demonstrates how internal emotional conflict, against a backdrop of
societal pressures, is at the root of familicide, challenging the
widely accepted argument that murderers kill family members to
assert power and control. Websdale contends instead that most
perpetrators struggle with intense shame, many sensing that they
failed to live up to the demands of modern gender prescriptions, as
fathers and lovers, wives and mothers. What emerges is a compelling
theory about the haunting effects of modern emotional struggles on
perpetrators, controlling and upstanding alike. Captivatingly
written and expertly researched, this provocative book weaves a
gripping tale of modern-era "haunted hearts." Blending the social,
the historical, and the emotional into a new way of making sense of
a horrific crime, Familicidal Hearts is a provocative meditation on
gender roles, social forces, and modern life itself.
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