By Nancy Jo Sales
ISBN-10: 0062245538
ISBN-13: 9780062245533
The Bling Ring by Vanity Fair writer Nancy Jo revenues is an in-depth disclose of a band of gorgeous, privileged youngsters who have been stuck breaking into megastar houses and stealing thousands of bucks worthy of valuables.
With an inventory of sufferers that reads like a "Who's Who" of younger Hollywood, together with Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Paris Hilton, and Rachel Bilson, The Bling Ring is the stuff of writers' imaginations—with one exception—it's a real story.
The media requested: Why could a bunch of youngsters who already had clothier outfits, funds, autos, and standing take such dangers? Award-winning journalist Nancy Jo revenues came upon the reply: They did it simply because they can. and since it used to be easy.
The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed children Ripped Off Hollywood and stunned the World is a stunning examine the seedy international of the real young Hollywood.
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Grubin (1994) compared nonserial sexual murderers ðN ¼ 21Þ to sexual aggressors of women ðN ¼ 121Þ. ’s (1988). Finally, Milsom et al. (2001) studied a limited number of variables in two small samples, namely 19 nonserial sexual murderers and 16 sexual aggressors of women. 67 83% 0%* 33% 100%* 40% 1 SAW ðN ¼ 13Þ 45% 80% 62% 83% 39% 7 SM ðN ¼ 13Þ Langevin et al. 1 þ þ þ SM ðN ¼ 19Þ À À À SAW ðN ¼ 16Þ Milsom et al. , 1988). , 1988), was higher among sexual murderers than among sexual aggressors. , 2001).
Also, as with epilepsy, the cerebral dysfunction is episodic. Although Money (1990) considers neurological factors to be the primary cause of sadistic sexual murder, he points out that endocrinological and genetic factors are also at play. Thus, sadistic murderers may have testosterone deficits that result in diminished virility, which in turn causes compensatory hypermasculine behaviours such as sexual murder. This type of criminal may also possess a genetic predisposition towards emotional instability (for example, rage or sexual arousal) and impulsive behaviour.
This conclusion is based on Stoller’s (1978) theory, which argues that boys who are unsuccessful in differentiating themselves from their mothers develop not only an ambiguous masculine identity but also sexual perversions that allow them to indirectly express their rage against their dominating and controlling mothers. Finally, Liebert’s (1985) psychodynamic model is based on the theories of Klein (1948) and Kernerg (1975). According to this model, maternal hostility during a child’s early psychological development favours splitting, an archaic defence mechanism, which enables the child to cope with its paranoid anguish.