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Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream: A Forensic Psychiatrist Illuminates the Darker Side of Human Behavior

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by Robert I. Simon


  response, 293

  Misbegotten Son: A Serial Killer and His

  Victims, The (Olsen), 48

  Monroe, Marilyn, death of, 195–

  197, 203

  Motivation, examined in suicide

  investigations, 208–211

  MOVE cult, 228

  Multiple personality disorder

  (M PD), 135–162

  causes of, 141–148

  characteristics of, 137–141 controversy over the diagnosis, 148–152

  Multiple personality disorder

  (continued)

  and the courts, 152–156

  risk of committing violence in,

  140

  simulated, 156–160

  Spiegel’s sign in, 157

  use of hypnosis in investigating,

  160–162

  Murder, 2, 11, 19–28, 250–253 by homosexuals, 269

  masquerading as suicide, 199–

  201

  mass murder, 44, 100–101 serial, 100, 252

  sprees, 100

  suicide as, 213–214

  of therapists, 107–109

  Murrah Federal Building, terrorism against, 99, 245–246

  Narcissism, xi, 36

  National Institute of Mental Health

  (NIMH), 59, 251

  National Institute of

  Occupational Safety and

  Health, 99

  National Women’s Study, 59, 61 Necrophilia, 22, 49, 261

  Negotiating with killer cults, 236–

  239

  Nietzsche, Friedrich, 201

  Nilsen, Dennis, 253, 256, 275 Noël, Barbara, 163–165, 174 Nudity in suicides, 203

  Olsen, Jack, 48–49

  Olson, Frank R., death of, 199 Online stalkers, 92

  Paraphilias, 260, 278–279

  Pathology, of self-centeredness, 286

  Patients

  vulnerability of, 185–189

  workplace violence by, 107–109

  Perry, Michael, 91

  Peterson, Mark, 147135–137

  Pichuskin, Alexander

  (“Chessboard” killer), 20

  Planning, examined in suicide investigations, 211–212

  Porter, James, 168–169

  Possession by evil spirits, 9

  Postal workers, workplace violence by, 103–105

  Posttraumatic stress disorder

  (PTSD), 72–73, 75, 101–102

  Pough, James Edward, 113, 119

  Power motives, 9, 61, 80, 167–170, 176

  Predatory therapists, 184

  Preventive measures

  against rapists, 75–76

  against stalkers, 92–94

  Professionals

  psychopaths among, 44–47 workplace violence by, 111–112

  Protection, against stalkers, 94–95

  Psychological defense mechanisms, 147

  Psychological investigations of suicides, 203–208

  Psychological terrorism, 92

  Psychopaths, xii, 29–54, 259–264. See also Antisocial personality disorder

  among professionals, 44–47 among therapists, 45–47

  criminal, 47–49

  within society, 41–44

  treating, 51–54, 108–109

  Psychopathy, risk of, 42

  Public places, workplace violence in, 112–114

  Puenta, Dorothea, 254

  Rader, Dennis (“BTK” murderer), 19–20, 257

  Ramirez, Richard (the “Night Stalker”), 91

  Rape, 2, 55–76

  acquaintance, 59–60

  compensatory, 66–68

  defining, 57–61

  from displaced anger, 71–72 exploitative, 68–69

  fear of, 72–76

  group, 60, 62

  of males, 60

  prevention techniques, 75–76 risk of, 61

  role of fantasy in, 62–68

  sadistic, 69–71

  serial, 58

  spousal, 60

  statutory, 60–61

  typologies of, 63

  Rational suicides, 205

  Ray, Margaret, 82, 88–89

  Recruitment, into killer cults, 223– 225

  Rejection-sensitive stalkers, 84–85

  Ressler, Robert, 272

  Ridgway, Gary Leon (“Green River” killer), xv, 252, 257– 258, 276, 282

  Rodrigues v. Hawaii, 154–155

  Sadism, 3, 49, 53

  in rape, 69–71

  sexual, 9, 36, 65, 259–264

  Salcido, Ramon, 120

  Salvi, John C., 109

  Samenow, Stanton E., 125 Sanchez, Robert, 169

  Schadenfreude, 285

  Schizophrenia, xii, 49

  in stalking, 90–91

  School shootings, 105–107

  Schopenhauer, Arthur, 285, 289 Seegrist, Sylvia, 255

  Self-centeredness, 11–12, 14, 24–25

  excessive, 37, 39

  pathological, 286

  “September 1, 1939” (Auden), 145

  September 11th attacks, 21, 99, 215

  Serial killers, 19–21, 26, 100, 252

  Serial rapists, 58

  Serial sexual killers, 22, 48, 247– 279

  causes of behavior, 273–279 and child abuse, 265–268 fascination with, 272–273

  and free will, 263–264

  role of fantasy in, 268–272

  Sex in the Therapy Hour (Bates and Brodsky), 175

  Sexual harassment, 99

  Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives, (Ressler), 272

  Sexual misconduct

  by clergymen, 168–170

  by female therapists, 177–178 in the helping professions, 163– 191

  by lawyers, 170–171

  by teachers, 171–172

  by therapists, 163–168, 172–175, 178–191

  Sexually-disordered therapists, 184

  Shawcross, Arthur J., 48–49, 276

  Sherrill, Patrick Henry, 103, 123

  Simon, Robert I., xi

  Simulated multiple personality disorder, 156–160

  Situationally stressed therapists, 184

  Slippery slope, for therapists, 178– 182

  Smetek, John Thomas, 90

  Smith, Susan, 142

  Society for Human Resource Management, 102

  Sociopaths, 35

  Soto, Teddy, 82

  Soul murder, in child abuse, 145 Spiegel’s sign, in multiple

  personality disorder, 157 Splitting, 86–87, 235

  Spousal abuse, 32, 79–80

  Spousal rape, 60

  Stalin, Joseph, 10, 25, 232

  Stalkers, 49, 77–95

  borderline personality, 85–88 of celebrities, 81–84

  dependent, rejection-sensitive, 84–85

  erotomanic, 88–90, 117

  immature romantic, 84

  and intimate partner violence, 79–81

  online, 92

  preventive measures, 92–94 protection against, 94–95 schizophrenic, 90–91

  typology of, 81–92

  State v. Grimsley, 153–154

  State v. Milligan, 154

  Statute of limitations, for bringing injury suits, 189

  Statutory rape, 60–61

  Steinberg, Joel, 142

  Stimulus hunger, 39

  Students, workplace violence by, 105–107

  Sublimation, 287

  Suggestibility, 161

  Suicide. See also Suicide

  investigations.

  intentionality in, 199, 201–203 naked, 203

  risk factors for, 195, 202, 206, 207–208,

  Suicide investigations, 193–214, 207–208

  murder cover-ups, 199–201 and nudity, 203

  psychological, 203–208

  questions of execution, 212–213 questions of intention, 201–203 questions of motivation, 208– 211

  questions of planning, 211–212

  Swaggart, Jimmy, 169

  Swango, Donald, 109–110

  Tay
lor, John Merlin, 103, 120, 128– 129

  Teachers, sexual misconduct by, 171–172

  Teague, Elizabeth A., 114

  Terrorism, xiii, 114

  by antiabortion extremists, 109 against the Murrah Federal Building, 99, 245–246 psychological, 92

  in September 11th attacks, 21, 99, 215

  Therapists, 3, 5–7, 13–16

  checking credentials of, 190–191 endangered, 98–103

  guidelines for, 183–184

  impaired, 184

  incompetent, 184

  killed by patients, 107–109 predatory, 184

  psychopathic, 45–47

  sexual misconduct by, 163–168, 172–175, 177–191

  sexually disordered, 184

  situationally stressed, 184

  and the slippery slope, 178–182 training of, 22

  Threats and counterthreats, in workplace violence, 131

  To r t u r e

  of animals, 71, 85, 267

  committed by “normal” people, 4

  by the state, 11

  To u c h i n g S n o w (Felin), 26

  Transference, 174–175

  Treatment for psychopaths, 51–54, 108–109

  Trust, violators of, 187–189

  Uniform Crime Reports (FBI), 57, 251

  Unruh, Howard, 100

  Upbringing, role in character, 291– 292

  U.S. Secret Service, 107

  Varieties of Religious Experience, The (James), 223

  Verbalization of violence, 105

  Violence, 9, 12–13, 62

  assessing risk of, 132

  in cults, 240

  in potential suicides, 207–208 brain pathology in, 117

  causes of, 123–126

  role of fantasy in, 105

  verbalization of, 105

  in the workplace, 97–133

  Wachtler, Sol, 81

  Walker, John Anthony, Jr., 30–33,

  39–41

  Weissberg, Michael, 157

  Wesbecker, Joseph, 120, 122 West, Fred and Rosemary, 254 Whitiak, Jean-Michelle, 61

  Whitman, Charles (Texas tower

  killer), 100, 117

  Williams, Wayne B., 256

  Workplace violence, 97–133

  by alienated workers, 119 behavioral profile, 114–120, 115 causes of, 123–128

  in the courts, 112

  by dangerous workers, 119,

  130–131

  by determined workers, 117–118 by deviant workers, 118

  by disgruntled workers, 116 by distant workers, 118–119 by disturbed workers, 116–117 by down and out workers, 120 by erotomanics, 117

  guidelines for preventing, 129–

  130

  in hospitals, 109–111

  by patients, 107–109

  by postal workers, 103–105 by professionals, 111–112 in public places, 112–114

  risk of, 102–103, 117, 124, 129–

  131, 132

  role of antidepressant medication

  in, 122

  role of drugs and alcohol in, 120 by students, 105–107

  threats and counterthreats, 131 by uncontrolled workers, 119 Wo r l d H e a l t h O r g a n i z a t i o n , 2 0 1 Wuornos, Aileen Carol (“Damsel of Death”), 253

  You Must Be Dreaming (Noël), 164

  Table of Contents

  Foreword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi Thomas G.

  Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

  1Illuminating the Darker Side of Human Behavior. . . . . . 1

  2Human Killing Machines and Us A Psychology of Evil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3Psychopaths The Predators Among Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

  4Why Do They Rape? The Inner Life of Rapists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  5Stalkers Forever Yours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

  6Workplace Violence Is Your Job a Dead End? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

  7Multiple Personality and Crime A Real Whodunit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  8The Ultimate Betrayal Sexual Misconduct in the Helping Professions. . . . . . . . . . 163

  9Yo u O n l y D i e O n c e—But Did You Intend It? The Forensic Psychiatrist As Sleuth . . . . . . .

  10

  11 Serial Sexual Killers Your Life for Their Orgasm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  12 Character and Destiny The Making of Good Men and Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

  Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

  Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

  Foreword

  Messianic Madness

  Arendt, Hannah, xii, 10

  Dark side of humanity, xv–xvi,

  Gutheil, Thomas G., xi–xiii, 3

 

 

 


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