Serial Killers by: Francesca Biagi-Chai ISBN10: 1136645403
ISBN10 1136645403
PUBLISHER Routledge
PUBLISHED 2013 , 2010
TYPE 216 Page Book
LAST UPDATED: 2016-11-26

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Serial Killers

Serial Killers

Serial Killers was written by and Francesca Biagi-Chai. The 216 page book was published by Routledge in 2013 (originally in 2010) with an ISBN 10 of 1136645403. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. Serial Killers mentions 2 serial killers including Donato Bilancia. The author Francesca Biagi-Chai has 2 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

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Francesca Biagi-Chai’s book - a translation from the French of Le Cas Landru - tackles the issue of criminal responsibility in the case of serial killers, and other 'mad' people who are nonetheless deemed to be answerable before the law. The author, a Lacanian psychoanalyst and senior psychiatrist in France, with extensive experience working in institutional settings, analyses the logic informing the crimes of famous serial killers. Addressing the Landru case (which was the inspiration for Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux), as well as those of Pierre Rivière and Donato Bilancia, Biagi-Chai casts light on the confusion that pervades forensic psychiatry and criminal law as to the distinction between mental illness and ‘madness’. She then elaborates...

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2 Books Books By Francesca Biagi-Chai
Serial Killers by: Francesca Biagi-Chai ISBN10: 1136645403 Serial Killers by: Francesca Biagi-Chai ISBN10: 113664539x View 2 books written by
Author Francesca Biagi-Chai

2 Total Serial Killers Mentioned

8 Books Books about Donato Bilancia
Serial Killers by: Peter Vronsky ISBN10: 1101204621 Murder Made in Italy by: Ellen Victoria Nerenberg ISBN10: 0253356253 Murder Made in Italy by: Ellen Nerenberg ISBN10: 0253012422 Serial Killers by: Francesca Biagi-Chai ISBN10: 1136645403 I serial killer by: Vincenzo Maria Mastronardi ISBN10: 885413404x Breaking Beppe by: Giuliano Santoro ISBN10: 8868265907 View 8 books that mention
Serial Killer Donato Bilancia
13 Books Books about Henri Désiré Landru
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Serial Killer Henri Désiré Landru