1 Introduction; References; 2 Public Interest in Mass and Serial Murder; Abstract; Women and True Crime; Critical Thinking Exercise: Women and True Crime; Fascination with Serial Murder; Murderabilia; "Son of Sam" Laws; Murder Homes and Hybristophilia; Mass Murder and Public Fascination; References; 3 Concepts of Evil; Abstract; Critical Thinking Exercise: The Risk of Paroling David Berkowitz and the Notion of Evil; References; 4 Mass Murder; Abstract; Prevalence of Mass Murder; Myths About Mass Murder; Mass Murder Classifications and Typologies; School Shooters

Motivations of Mass MurderBiopsychosocial Profiles of Mass Murderers; Notes and Manifestos; John Shick: Attempted Mass Murder Case Study; Prewarnings and Leakage; Media Contagion and Copycat Crimes; Gender, Race, and Mass Murder; Female Mass Murder; Family Annihilator Case Study; Dylan Klebold, Columbine, and Mass Murder Case Study; References; 5 Serial Murder; Abstract; Defining Serial Murder; Serial Murder Victims and Prevalence; Myths About Serial Murder; Typologies and Motivations of Serial Murderers; Biopsychosocial Profiles of Serial Murderers; Psychopathy; Psychopathy and Its Causes

Case Study of Ted BundyCase Study of Herbert Mullins; Case Study of Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski, "The Unabomber"; Critical Thinking Exercise: "The Unabomber"; Case Study of Dennis Rader, "The BTK Strangler"; Critical Thinking Exercise: Dennis Rader, "The BTK Stranger"; Case Study: The "Zodiac Killer"; Critical Thinking Exercise: The "Zodiac Killer"; References; 6 Preventing Homicide; Abstract; Why People Kill; Homicidal Ideation; Other Possible Theories to Explain Homicidal Ideation; Lack of Help for People Experiencing Homicidal Ideation; Mental Health Courts and Averting Tragedy