The new evil: understanding the emergence of modern violent crime

Pt. 1. The twenty-two degrees of evil

Introduction to the Gradations of Evil scale

Categories 1-6

Categories 7 and 8

Categories 9-14

Categories 15 and 16

Serial murder

Category 17

Category 18

Categories 19,20 and 21

Category 22

An algorithm to facilitate use of the scale

pt. 2. The eral of "new" evil

Cultural changes that affect the patterns of violence in peacetime

School shooters

Mya justice triumph over law : contemporary forms of evil not involving violence, including a commentary on culd custody cases and the courts that preside over them

A new challenge to justice : kids who commit evil

An alphabet of "new evil"

Final thoughts.