Why We Kill Understanding Violence Across Cultures and Disciplines

"This is an interesting and provocative book which will prove useful for readers in all areas of academic study.... The interdisciplinary approach coupled with varying types of killing provides a fresh outlook on why individuals kill in the first instance. Why We Kill is enthusiastically recommended to anyone interested in the study of killing or fascinated with the reasons for, and justifications of, why people behave the way they do."

- Rachelle M. Larocque, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, in The Howard Journal 49(5), December 2010 (review of the first edition)

"The essays are consistently informed and insightful, and the editors have succeeded in exploring the 'contextual, multi-layered and complex manifestations' of killing in this timely volume that will be useful to scholars and accessible to general readers. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries."

- Lloyd Steffen, Professor of Religion Studies and Director, Center for Dialogue, Ethics and Spirituality, Lehigh University, in CHOICE 47(11), July 2010 (review of the first edition)