{"product_id":"sons-of-cain-peter-vronsky-9780425276976","title":"Sons of Cain","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of Serial Killers- The Method and Madness of Monsters comes an in-depth examination of sexual serial killers throughout human history, how they evolved, and why we are drawn to their horrifying crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of Serial Killers- The Method and Madness of Monsters comes an in-depth examination of sexual serial killers throughout human history, how they evolved, and why we are drawn to their horrifying crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBefore the term was coined in 1981, there were no \"serial killers.\" There were only \"monsters\"--killers society first understood as werewolves, vampires, ghouls and witches or, later, Hitchcockian psychos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Sons of Cain--a book that fills the gap between dry academic studies and sensationalized true crime--investigative historian Peter Vronsky examines our understanding of serial killing  from its prehistoric anthropological evolutionary dimensions in the pre-civilization era (c. 15,000 BC) to today. Delving further back into human history and deeper into the human psyche than Serial Killers--Vronsky's 2004 book, which has been called the definitive history of serial murder--he focuses strictly on sexual serial killers- thrill killers who engage in murder, rape, torture, cannibalism and necrophilia, as opposed to for-profit serial killers, including hit men, or \"political\" serial killers, like terrorists or genocidal murderers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese sexual serial killers differ from all other serial killers in their motives and their foundations. They are uniquely human and--as popular culture has demonstrated--uniquely fascinating.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Vronsky","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43837136371955,"sku":"9780425276976","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780425276976.jpg?v=1689373197","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/sons-of-cain-peter-vronsky-9780425276976","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}