Why We Kill

Nancy Loucks is Chief Executive of Families Outside, a charity dedicated to providing support to the families of people involved in the criminal justice system. Sally Smith Holt is Associate Professor of Religion at William Jewel College, US. Joanna Adler is Director of Forensic Psychology Studies at Middlesex University.

Introduction: Religion, Culture and Killing, Sally Smith Holt, Nancy Loucks and Joanna R. Adler  1. 'You always hurt the one you love': Homicide in a Domestic Context, Maria Kaspersson  2. Serial Killing, Keith Soothill  3. Capital Punishment: Creating More Victims?, Peter Hodgkinson, Seema Kandelia and Rupa Reddy  4. Abortion: Understanding the Moral Issues, Lawrence M. Hinman  5. Euthanasia: An Introduction to the Moral Issues, Lawrence M. Hinman  6. Suicide, Kay Nooney  7. Terrorism: A Unique Form of Political Violence, Rohan Gunaratna  8. Collective Violence and War, Daya Somasundaram  9. Massacre at Murambi: The Rank and File Killers of Genocide, Stephen Smith  Epilogue: Why we Kill, Nancy Loucks, Sally Smith Holt and Joanna R. Adler