Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; 1 Introduction; Preamble; Towards a Criminology of Homicidal Poisoning; Criminology; Homicide; Types of Homicide; Motives; Aims of the Book; Scope of the Book; Proposed Readers; An Indication of Subsequent Chapters; Features of the Book; Moving on; References; 2 Instructive Poison Cases; Introduction; Roger and David Cooper, UK; The Case; Points of Special Interest; Paul Marshall Curry, US; The Case; Points of Special Interest; Dr. Harold Shipman, UK; The Case; Points of Special Interest; Julia Lynn Turner, US; The Case

Points of Special InterestLakvir Singh, UK; The Case; Points of Special Interest; Kristin Rossum, US; The Case; Points of Special Interest; Jessica Wongso. Australia and Indonesia; The Case; Points of Special Interest; Conclusion; Suggested Activity; Reference; 3 Criminal Poisoning in Theory; Theories and Explanations; Biological Theories of Crime; Heredity and Genetics; Brain Glucose Metabolism; Neurotransmitters; Brain Anomalies-The Amygdala; Psychological Theories of Crime; Developments in a Freudian Tradition; Differential Association Theory and Differential Reinforcement Theory

Eysenck's Theory of CrimeCognitive Theories of Crime; Sociological Theories of Crime; Functionalism; Anomie; Control Theory; Rational Choice Theory; Routine Activities Theory; Chicago School; Radical Criminology and Left Realism; Labelling Theory; Sub Culture; Feminism; Theories of Crime in Relation to Poisoning Homicide; Biological Theories of Crime in Relation to Poisoning Homicide; Psychological Theories of Crime in Relation to Poisoning Homicide; Sociological Theories of Crime in Relation to Poisoning Homicide; Promising Theories for Poisoning Homicide; Some 'Types' of Poisoning

Poisoning in GeneralSerial Poisoning; Team Poisoning; Conclusion; Suggested Activity; Key Texts; References; 4 Understanding Poisons; Introduction; Poisons and Poisoning in the Past; Defining Poison; Classifications of Poisons; Ways of Describing Characteristics of Poisons; Features of Less Detectable Poisons; Poison Homicide and Other Homicides; Administration of Poisons; Action of Poisons; Action on Enzymes; Poisons Influencing the Nervous System; Corrosives, Irritants and Narcotics; Fatal Dose and How It Is Represented; Acute and Chronic Poisoning; Antidotes and Treatment for Poisoning

Possible Trends in PoisoningConclusion; Suggested Activities; Key Texts; References; 5 Poisonous Plants, Animals, Bacteria, and Drugs; Introduction; Plant Poisons (Phytotoxins); Colchicum Seeds; Atropine (Belladonna) ; Aconite; Strychnine; Opium and Morphine; Cyanide, Potassium Cyanide and Prussic Acid; Digitalis; Nicotine; Hyoscine; Animal Poisons (Zootoxins); Cantharides; Insulin; Bacterial Poisons; Bacteria and Bacterial Poisons; Typhoid, Tuberculosis, and Diphtheria; Drugs; Fentanyl; Methylphenobarbitone; Seconal Sodium; Succinylcholine Chloride; Vecuronium Bromide; Conclusion