TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Zola and the serial killer: Robert Black and La Bête Humaine
JO  - International journal of criminology and sociology
A1  - Lynes, Adam
A1  - Wilson, Denise
A1  - Jackson, Craig
SP  - 69
EP  - 80
VL  - 1
IS  - 
N2  - 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 1929-4409
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2012.01.6
ID  - ref1
ER  -