The New Evil: Understanding the Emergence of Modern Violent Crime

Written by Michael H. Stone, MD and Gary Brucato, PhD

Narrated by Charles Constant

A chilling follow-up to the popular true crime book The Anatomy of Evil.

Revisiting Dr. Michael Stone's groundbreaking 22-level Gradations of Evil Scale, a hierarchy of evil behavior first introduced in the book The Anatomy of Evil, Stone and Dr. Gary Brucato, a fellow violence and serious psychopathology expert, here provide even more detail, using dozens of cases to exemplify the categories along the continuum. The New Evil also presents compelling evidence that, since a cultural tipping-point in the 1960's, certain types of violent crime have emerged that in earlier decades never or very rarely occurred.

The authors examine the biological and psychiatric factors behind serial killing, serial rape, torture, mass and spree murders, and other severe forms of violence. They persuasively argue that, in at least some cases, a collapse of moral faculties contributes to the commission of such heinous crimes, such that "evil" should be considered not only a valid area of inquiry, but, in our current cultural climate, an imperative one. They consider the effects of new technologies and sociological, cultural, and historical factors since the 1960's that may have set the stage for "the new evil."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Mar 5, 2019
• ISBN: 9781977343802

Reviews for The New Evil

[Mills Monk · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Scary but fascinating and explains what we need to look out for to be safe

[OC-Dee · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book isn’t for the faint of heart. [For me] the information provided was especially overwhelming at times due to the gradations of evil scale. If one were to use this book for educational research, I’d highly recommend purchasing the physical book for quicker reference in conjunction with the audio. This book is not a pop culture murderer encyclopedia but rather an educational tool attempting to categorize violent acts and answer the age old question, “why’d they do it?”. It’s quite fascinating and I definitely recommend the read.

[loraineo_8 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very detailed study of violence. I've read many books over the last 40 years or so on violence , killers. This book is way more informative than any I've read. Many times I had to stop reading as so much is overwhelming. Very highly recommended for any one truly interested in trying to understand the evil we see.