{"product_id":"book-d2j2","title":"The New Evil","description":"\u003cb\u003eA chilling follow-up to the popular true crime book \u003ci\u003eThe Anatomy of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRevisiting Dr. Michael Stone's groundbreaking 22-level Gradations of Evil Scale, a hierarchy of evil behavior first introduced in the book \u003ci\u003eThe Anatomy of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, Stone and Dr. Gary Brucato, a fellow violence and serious psychopathology expert, here provide even more detail, using dozens of cases to exemplify the categories along the continuum. \u003ci\u003eThe New Evil\u003c\/i\u003e also presents compelling evidence that, since a cultural tipping-point in the 1960's, certain types of violent crime have emerged that in earlier decades never or very rarely occurred.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors examine the biological and psychiatric factors behind serial killing, serial rape, torture, mass and spree murders, and other severe forms of violence. They persuasively argue that, in at least some cases, a collapse of moral faculties contributes to the commission of such heinous crimes, such that \"evil\" should be considered not only a valid area of inquiry, but, in our current cultural climate, an imperative one. They consider the effects of new technologies and sociological, cultural, and historical factors since the 1960's that may have set the stage for \"the new evil.\" ","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49380047454512,"sku":"BDd2j2","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49380047487280,"sku":"ZEd2j2","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49380047552816,"sku":"ZMd2j2","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/d2j2-Square-cover.jpg?v=1779219514","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d2j2","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}