The New Evil

Understanding the Emergence of Modern Violent Crime

By: Michael H. Stone MD, 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 1960s, 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 1960s that may have set the stage for "the new evil."

©2019 Michael H. Stone, MD, and Gary Brucato, PhD (P)2019 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Fascinating, disturbing... Budding criminologists will find this a useful resource for study and contemplation, while true crime enthusiasts will be riveted by the assiduous prodding into the criminal mind." (Publishers Weekly)

Most Evil show in audio form

This book is basically the Most Evil show in audio book format. If you have seen the show and enjoyed that then you will like this. If you have not seen the show you can list to his book and the previous one from Dr. Michael Stone . Great book but would like to hear about cases not already included in the show. Looking forward to seeing any of his future work.

Awesome follow up to original book.

This book is better than his first book I absolutely love the detail he goes into with some of these topics. This subject interests my mind could listen to this book and did all the way through in a day. good book if youre interested I. this kinda thing.

comprehensive.

Vignettes exposing horrorific human behavior and a detailed analysis of disturbed individuals. This is a very graphic novel that exposes the unusual traits of humans which most will never experience, but the information is priceless. get this audible.

Not Flawless but great understanding

A comprehensive guide to the psychology of violence. Not perfect since if has a few minors flaws here and there.

Phenomenal

All the stars for Gary Brucato and Micheal Stone. These gentleman have put together a work of art here trying to play itself off as a book. If you are a full blown true crime junkie or even just mildly interested because you watch Law & Order on the weekends, this is where you're gonna get your fix. It's smart, thought provoking, dark and full of all kinds of facts to scare your dinner guests with for the next year or so. Excellent narrator as well. I loved every second of it.