Base Instincts: What Makes Killers Kill?

"[A] significant contribution to the national debate about violent criminal behavior."—Senator Joe Lieberman Neurologist Dr. Jonathan Pincus personally examined and probed into the family and medical history of numerous serial killers and other violent criminals to analyze what creates and triggers the violent instinct. He discovered that virtually all suffered severe abuse as children, as well as brain damage and mental illness. In these gripping, terrifying stories, Pincus concludes that ...