TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- FIRST STEPS TOWARDS A THEOLOGYOF ENGLISH DETECTIVE FICTION -- POLICING MADNESS, DIAGNOSING BADNESS:PERSONALITY DISORDER AND CRIMINALBEHAVIOUR IN SEBASTIAN FAULKS'SENGLEBY -- THE OTHERNESS WITHIN,THE OTHERNESS WITHOUT -- DANCING TO THE RHYTHMOF THE TRIPLE WHY-DUNNIT -- "SLAUGHTER WITHOUT THE BLOOD" -- EXPLORING THE PERTINENCE OF "VIOLENT"AS AN EPITHET FOR JOYCE CAROL OATES'SCRIME FICTION -- BLOODY SAM -- "WHAT IS CRIME, WHAT CONSTITUTESVIOLENCE...WHERE AND WHEN?" -- "IT'S ALL UNCLEAR" -- A SERIAL KILLER WITH A HEART -- A BRIEF MOMENT IN THE GREATPOSTCOLONIAL STORY -- DRAMATIZING THE VIOLENCE -- LITERARY BLACK HATS -- U.S. JUVENILE JUSTICEAND THE SUPER-PREDATOR THEORY -- VIOLENCE ON THE MENU -- A WORTHY VICTIM?HOW MEDIA STORIES ARE INFLUENCEDAND DISTORTED BY SOCIETY'SPERCEPTIONS OF BEAUTY -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.