G1101 The new evil; understanding the emergence of modern violent crime
Title of the book: The new evil; understanding the emergence of modern violent crime Author: Michael H. Stone, MD and Gary BRUCATO, PhD Publisher: Prometheus Books Publishing Date: 2019 ISBN: 978-1-63388-532-5 Summary: A CHILLING FOLLOW-UP TO THE POPULAR TRUE CRIME BOOK THE ANATOMY OF EVIL Revisiting Dr. Michael Stone's groundbreaking 22-level Gradations of Evil Scale, a hierarchy of evil behavior first introduced in the book The Anatomy of Evil, Stone and Dr. Gary Brucato, a fellow violence and serious psychopathology expert, here provide even more detail, using dozens of cases to exemplify the categories along the continuum. The New Evil also presents compelling evidence that, since a cultural tipping-point in the 1960s, certain types of violent crime have emerged that in earlier decades never or very rarely occurred. The authors examine the biological and psychiatric factors behind serial killing, serial rape, torture, mass and spree murders, and other severe...