Michael H. Stone (1933–2023)

3.5
It only had a few errors.
I would have finished it sooner but for looking up a lot of the books that were referenced.
I wanted to read this because I can't understand people with no compassion, one of whom used to be one of my sisters. Another was a boyfriend in my past, I'm ashamed to say.
It's not easy to figure out why people are "evil," or "consumed by chaos," as I prefer to categorize them. Supposedly, from this author's viewpoint, it's half nature/half nurture. But there's so much more to it... alcohol/drugs can catapult someone who would otherwise not be "evil." Sometimes head injuries, sometimes parental neglect/abuse combined with mental disorders.
Humans really need to be taken down by mother nature, since nothing else seems available to stop us. We are just so very ugly to each other.… (mais)

Áhugaverð yfirferð yfir þá glæpi sem kallaðir hafa verið hrein illska eða evil á ensku. Stone reynir að skoða morðingja sem hafa verið fordæmdir fyrir illsku og raða þeim upp á skalanum 1-22. Hann leggur sálfræðilegt mat á einstaklingana og byggir lögregluskýrslum, ævisögum og í sumum viðtölum viðtölum við viðkomandi. Áberandi er hve uppeldi, heilaskaði, undirmiga(?!) og fátækt hefur mikil áhrif á að móta morðingja en líkt og Stone bendir á er það alls ekki algilt. Stórfróleg bók en takmarkaður fjöldi morðingja í hverjum illskuflokki Stones vekur hins vegar upp spurningar um alhæfingar hans.… (mais)