@article{ref1,
title="Zola and the serial killer: Robert Black and La Bête Humaine",
journal="International journal of criminology and sociology",
year="2012",
author="Lynes, Adam and Wilson, Denise and Jackson, Craig",
volume="1",
number="",
pages="69-80",
abstract="This article presents a critical analysis of Emile Zola's Le Bête Humaine - a critical analysis which forms the basis of a case study of the real-life, British serial killer Robert Black. The fictional character of Jacques Lantier, a train driver living in France in the late 19th century, who is plagued by thoughts of committing murder is compared to Black - a former PDS van driver - who has been convicted of murdering four young girls between 1981 and 1986. The article explores Zola's comments and warnings about the relationship between civilisation and the ever-advancing technology that it creates in order to better the human species or, as is the case of Lantier and Black, for the worse.  Keywords: Serial Killer, Modernity, Travelling, Emile Zola, Robert Black, Occupational Choice.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1929-4409",
doi="10.6000/1929-4409.2012.01.6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2012.01.6"
}