The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill

A scary book. Very insightful. I read it because I have an interest in Evolutionary Psychology.

What really fascinated me was all the scenarios of people that killed but weren’t serial killers. They were overall normal people that snapped.

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dieses Buch ist natürlich auf englisch, aber wer das irgendwie lesen kann, sollte das Buch lesen. Es erklärt nicht nur, warum ganz normale Menschen dazu kommen können, jemand anderen zu töten, sondern viele andere Verhaltensweisen zwischen Mann und Frau und Mann und Mann und auch zu den Kindern. Das Ganze wird unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Evolutionspsychologie erklärt, etwas was mir vorher völlig unbekannt war und was trotzdem extrem viel Sinn ergibt und auch von den Daten der Versuche gestützt wird.

Amazing book, would definitely recommend it to anyone who has studied Criminology before or who has a general interest in this area. Bought this item as used - quality as advised; general sight of use but this does not effect the quality of content. Great price and quick international delivery.

This book really opened my eyes to the evolutionary psychology behind how my father, a Marine, special education teacher, girls volleyball coach, and finally law student could murder my mother in cold blood then hang himself in our family home. I always felt like he lost control of his emotions. Now I believe he planned to commit this atrocious act. The day of the murder suicide my parents drive me from Columbia mo to Joplin Missouri so I could stay with my aunt while they went back to our home in Columbia to discuss the issues of my mother's indefinitely. After killing her my father called my aunt and asked her to take care of me telling her what he done to my mother and what he was about to do to himself. He then called the police and explained the sane situation to them, hung the phone up, made a noose, put his bible in his mouth and hung himself on an inside door knob just 3.5 feet off the ground. I believed that he just lost control of his emotions during an argument. But I now believe he premeditated this and wanted to keep me from harms way as he was in able to live with the public shame and humility of years of infidelity. Thank you for opening my eyes David through your rigorous research and dedication to the truth about our natural murderous circuitry..