The path to extreme violence: Nazism and serial killers

Abstract

In people's minds, extreme violence is an enigma. The tortures inflicted on defenseless victims seem to defy reason. Yet, the fact that these incidents keep recurring is proof that there are rules governing them. It is these rules that I have attempted to isolate. We shall see that they are clearly defined and that they are to be found in individual as well as collective violence. To categories them is the first step towards implementing preventative measures which would help to protect the rational majority from a dangerous minority. Practice and theory are inextricably linked in the analysis of "organized insanity" that is extreme violence. © 2010 Cotter.