Psychopath

The Case of Patrick MacKay

Tim Clark, John Penycate (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

176 Seiten

2022
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-36702-6 (ISBN)

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First published in 1976, Psychopath is a study of Patrick Mackay who, in 1974 – with a string of muggings and killings behind him – was on trial for murder and was imprisoned in November 1975. John Penycate and Tim Clark – responsible for the controversial BBC Panorama programme on Patrick Mackay’s case – here take their investigation further and raise the important question of how the various responsible agencies which came into contact with him failed to see the danger and prevent these needless killings. Mackay passed through five mental institutions as well as approved schools, remand centres and homes. Twice he had been released from Moss Side Special Hospital – the North of England’s equivalent to Broadmoor – against the advice of his doctors. Penycate and Clark show that the signs were there for all to see. They give a detailed account of Patrick Mackay’s deterioration, from his turbulent childhood, through numerous suicide attempts, acts of violence and spells in mental and penal institutions, to his becoming London’s most notorious ‘mugger’ and a multiple killer, culminating in the final maniacal axing of his friend Father Crean, illustrated here with Mackay’s own words. This book will be of interest to students of criminology, psychology, penology, government, and media.

Tim Clark and John Penycate

Acknowledgements 1. ‘I feel terrible about what happened’ 2. ‘My father used to get violently drunk’ 3. ‘Manipulated like a ruddy puppet on a string’ 4. ‘In Moss Side I was classified as a psychopath’ 5. ‘The sudden step to the outside community’ 6. ‘She was not a bad soul’ 7. ‘These murders were so solemn’ 8. ‘Incapable of restraining himself’ 9. ‘Killings that I cannot myself remember’ 10. ‘I shan’t shed a tear’

Erscheinungsdatum	23.11.2022
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Revivals
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	485 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-032-36702-4 / 1032367024
ISBN-13	978-1-032-36702-6 / 9781032367026
Zustand	Neuware