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| Title |
The Path to Extreme Violence: Nazism and Serial Killers
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, January 2010
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| DOI | 10.3389/neuro.08.061.2009 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Philippe Cotter |
| Abstract |
In people's minds, extreme violence is an enigma. The tortures inflicted on defenceless victims seem to defy reason. Yet, the fact that these incidents keep recurring is proof that there are rules governing them. It is these rules that I have attempted to isolate. We shall see that they are clearly defined and that they are to be found in individual as well as collective violence. To categorise them is the first step towards implementing preventative measures which would help to protect the rational majority from a dangerous minority. Practice and theory are inextricably linked in the analysis of "organised insanity" that is extreme violence. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 20 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 15% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 15 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 90% |
| Scientists | 2 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 52 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 48 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 8 | 15% |
| Professor | 6 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 8 | 15% |
| Unknown | 15 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 12 | 23% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 6% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 18 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 February 2024.
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#8,157
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#5
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