Why Did He Kill? —A Criminal Psychological Study of Zombie

Lingling Xu
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Lingling Xu: PhD. Candidate, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Jiangsu, China, 223301

Journal of Research in Social Science and Humanities, 2022, vol. 1, issue 2, 66-71

Abstract: The novel Zombie by American author Joyce Carol Oates describes the entire self-destructive process of the main character Quentin, who turns from a college student into a ruthless serial killer. This article attempts to interpret the serial killer Quentin in Zombie from the perspective of criminal psychology, mainly the factors influencing the formation of crime, to analyse how Quentin descended into the abyss of crime step by step, which is critical for us to better understand the formation of crime and to take relevant preventive measures.

Keywords: Zombie; Joyce Carol Oates; criminal psychology; serial killer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.56397/JRSSH.2022.12.05

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