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AGGRESSION (29)
- Aggression: Biological Theories
- Aggression: Evolutionary and Anthropological Theories
- Aggression: Feminist Perspective
- Aggression: Sociological Theories
- Alcohol and Aggression
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Batterers and Abusive Partners
- Cycle Theory of Violence
- Elder Abuse
- Family Violence
- Homicide
- Mass Violence
- Media, Violence in the
- Motives for Murder
- Paraphilia
- Pedophilia
- Police Brutality
- Predicting Violent Behavior
- Psychopaths
- Rape
- Road Rage
- Robbery
- Serial Murder
- Sexual Offenses
- Stalking
- Violent Behavior: Personality Theories
- Violent Behavior: Psychoanalytic Theories
- Violent Behavior: A Psychological Case Study
- Women and Violence
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (18)
- Ballistics
- Criminal Justice Practitioner
- Criminalistics
- Cyberstings
- False Confessions
- False Memory Syndrome
- FBI Top 10 Most Wanted List
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Forensic Science
- Geographic Profiling
- Predicting Violent Behavior
- Prevention of Crime and Violent Behavior
- Profiling
- Signature Killers
- Threat Assessment
- Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
- ViCLAS
- Victimology
CULTS (5)
DEATH PENALTY (7)
FAMILY VIOLENCE (24)
- Battered Child Syndrome
- Battered Woman's Syndrome
- Batterers and Abusive Partners
- Child Abuse
- Child Killers
- Children as Victims of Sex Crimes
- Cycle Theory of Violence
- Elder Abuse
- Exploitation of Children
- Family Homicide
- Family Violence
- Gender Violence
- Homicide
- MacDonald, Jeffery Robert
- Methods of Murder
- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
- Murder-Suicide
- Poisoners
- Rape
- Simpson, O. J.
- Victimology
- Violent Behavior
- Women and Violence
- Yates, Andrea
FORENSIC SCIENCE (12)
GANGS (15)
GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED VIOLENCE (9)
HOMICIDE (32)
- Aeronautical Mass Murder
- Arson
- Assassins
- Child Killers
- Death Penalty
- Family Homicide
- Homicide
- Homicide, Motivation for Murder
- Homicide, Perceptions of
- Homicide: Types of, and Degrees of Murder
- Juvenile Killers
- Lust Murder
- Mass Murder
- Mass Violence
- Medical Murders
- Motives for Murder
- Paraphilia
- Poisoners
- Poisoning: Medical Settings
- Product Tampering
- Psychopaths
- Rippers
- School Shootings
- Serial Murder
- Signature Killers
- Spree Murders
- Stalking
- Trophy Taking
- Vampires, Werewolves, and Witches
- Vehicular Homicide
- Victimology
- Workplace Violence and Homicide
JUVENILE CRIME (10)
KIDNAPPING (6)
LEGAL RESPONSE TO VIOLENT CRIME (21)
- Brady Bill
- Brawner Test
- Court-Mandated Treatment
- Court-Ordered Psychological Assessments
- Courts, Organization of
- Cyberstings
- Gun Control
- Homicide, Types of, and Degrees of Murder
- Jurisdiction
- Megan's Law
- M'Naughten Rule
- Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI)
- Prevention of Crime and Violent Behavior
- Self-Defense, Actions Taken in
- Sex Offender Registry
- Tarasoff Decision
- Three Strikes and You're Out!
- Victim Compensation for Violent Crimes
- Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982 (VWPA)
- Victims of Crime Act, 1984 (VOCA)
- Victimology
MASS MURDER (26)
- Aeronautical Mass Murder
- Arson
- Bin Laden, Osama
- Columbine/Littleton School Shooting
- Ethnic Cleansing
- Ferguson, Colin
- Genocide
- History of Violence in Religions
- Huberty, James Oliver
- In Cold Blood
- Jonesboro, Arkansas School, Shooting
- Kinkel, Kipland (Kip)
- MacDonald, Jeffrey
- Manson, Charles/The Manson Family
- Mass Murder
- Mass Violence
- McVeigh, Timothy
- Media, Violence in the
- Nichols, Terry
- Oklahoma City Bombing
- School Shootings
- St. Valentine's Day Massacre
- Terrorism
- War Atrocities
- Workplace Homicide/Violence
- Yates, Andrea
MOTIVES for VIOLENCE (27)
- Aggravating and Mitigating Circumstances
- Aggression
- Alcohol and Aggression
- Batterers and Abusive Partners
- Beltway Snipers
- Cycle Theory of Violence
- Drug Trade
- Family Violence
- Gender Violence
- Helter-Skelter
- Homicide, Motivation for Murder
- Less-Dead
- Medical Murders
- Motives for Murder
- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
- Paraphilia
- Pedophilia
- Predicting Violent Behavior
- Profiling
- Rape
- Road Rage
- Robbery
- Serial Murder
- Sexual Offenses
- Substance Abuse and Homicide
- Vehicular Homicide
- Vigilantism
ORGANIZED CRIME (16)
POLICE AND VIOLENCE (13)
- Community Attitudes Toward Violent Crime
- Criminal Justice Practitioners
- Cyberstings
- Hostage Taking
- Organized Crime
- Police Brutality
- Police Corruption
- Prevention of Crime and Violent Behavior
- Racial Profiling
- Special Weapons and Tactics Teams
- Suicide by Cop
- Threat Assessment
- Workplace Violence and Homicide
PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES AND DIAGNOSES for VIOLENT BEHAVIOR (25)
- Aggression: Psychological Theories
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Arsonist's Portrait
- Attachment Deficiency and Violence
- Brawner Test
- Court-Ordered Psychological Assessment
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
- Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome
- Juvenile Firesetters
- Less-Dead
- MacDonald Triad
- Mentally Disordered Offenders
- M'Naughten Rule
- Motives for Murder
- Paraphilia
- Pedophilia
- Predicting Violent Behavior
- Psychopathology Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)
- Psychopaths
- Psychosocial Risk Factors for Violent Behavior
- Violence: Phenomenology
- Violent Behavior: Personality Theories
- Violent Behavior: Psychoanalytic Theories
- Violent Behavior: A Psychological Case Study
- XYY Syndrome
SERIAL MURDER (17)
SERIAL MURDERERS (28)
- Albright, Charles
- Bathory, Countess Elizabeth
- Beck, Martha, and Ray Fernandez
- Beltway Snipers
- Berkowitz, David Richard
- Bernardo, Paul, and Karla Homolka
- Bundy, Theodore “Ted”
- Chikatilo, Andrei
- Dahmer, Jeffrey
- DeSalvo, Albert Henry
- Dodd, Westley Allan
- Gray, Dana Sue
- Hoch, Johann Otto (Bluebeard)
- Hog Trail Killings
- Jack the Ripper
- Jones, Genene
- Kaczynski, Theodore
- Kevorkian, Jack
- Lake, Leonard, and Charles Ng
- Landru, Henri Desiré
- Manson, Charles
- Milat, Ivan
- Parker, Bonnie, and Clyde Barrow
- Ramirez, Richard
- Sells, Tommy Lynn
- Williams, Wayne
- Zebra Killings
- Zodiac Murders
SEX CRIMES (15)
TERRORISM (13)
VICTIMOLOGY (17)
- Aggression: Feminist Perspective
- Battered Child Syndrome
- Battered Woman's Syndrome
- Batterers and Abusive Partners
- Elder Abuse
- Family Violence
- Gender Violence
- Predicting Violent Behavior
- Prevention of Crime and Violent Behavior
- Profiling
- Rape
- Robbery
- Threat Assessment
- Victim Compensation for Violent Crimes
- Victims of Crime Act (1984)
- Victim and Witness Protection Act (1984)
- Victimology
VIGILANTISM (11)
VIOLENT CRIME (69)
- Aeronautical Mass Murder
- Aggression
- Air Rage
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Arson
- Battered Child Syndrome
- Battered Woman's Syndrome
- Batterers and Abusive Partners
- Child Abuse
- Child Killers
- Cycle Theory of Violence
- Community Attitudes Toward Violent Crime
- Death Penalty
- Drug Trade
- Elder Abuse
- Family Homicide
- Family Violence
- Gangs
- Gender Violence
- Homicide
- Juvenile Firesetters
- Juvenile Killers
- Juvenile Offenders
- Lust Murder
- Mass Murder
- Mass Violence
- Media, Violence in the
- Medical Murders
- Methods of Murder
- Motives for Murder
- Murder-Suicide
- Neo-Nazi Skinheads
- Organized Crime
- Paraphilia
- Pedophilia
- Poisoners
- Poisoning: Medical Settings
- Police Brutality
- Predicting Violent Behavior
- Product Tampering
- Psychopaths
- Psychosocial Risk Factors for Violent Behavior
- Rape
- Rippers
- Road Rage
- Robbery
- School Shootings
- Serial Murder
- Sex Offenders
- Sexual Offenses
- Signature Killers
- Stalking
- Stranger Violence
- Suicide by Cop
- Team Killers
- Terrorism
- Trophy Taking
- Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
- Vampires, Werewolves, and Witches
- ViCLAS
- Victimology
- Vigilantism Violence
- Violent Behavior
- Violent Female Juvenile Offenders
- War Atrocities
- White Supremacists
- Women and Violence
- Workplace Violence and Homicide
- XYY Syndrome
