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Tom Robbins
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Tom Robbins “joined Boston University
in June of 2006 as Chief of Police and Executive Director of Public Safety after a 27 year career with the Massachusetts State
Police. Prior to joining the state police, he served three years active duty in the United States Marine Corps.
Tom held many positions within the State Police, the largest police force in New England, culminating in being named
Superintendent of the State Police by Governor Mitt Romney. Tom Robbins has conducted many training sessions in Massachusetts
and across the country on a wide variety of topics ranging from crisis management to terrorism awareness training. He has
been interviewed by several major, local and national television and radio networks regarding policing and terrorism issues.
He holds a Jurist Doctor from Suffolk University Law School.” Tom Robbins is a co-author of Journey
from Genesis to Genocide: Hate, Empathy, and the Plight of Humanity.
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According
to the book description of Journey from Genesis to Genocide: Hate, Empathy, and the Plight of Humanity,
“We are all familiar with the violence that results from anger and rage a momentary reaction to a provocation that results
in destructive behavior. But what is it about human nature that allows entire populations to engage in the wholesale destruction
of another population with cruel efficiency and little or no remorse or guilt? In the twentieth century deliberate and planned
destructive behavior on massive scales resulted in more than 160 million deaths, nearly equaling the entire population of
the world at the time of Jesus Christ. This book is an insightful and inspiring exploration of the depths of the human soul
that combines the latest scientific knowledge with vivid historical examples and the authors real world experience as career
law enforcement and homeland security officials. This journey is presented with a unique and paradigm-shifting perspective
on man s capacity to commit extreme atrocities, including ethnic cleansings and genocide, as well as man s ability to engage
in selfless acts of compassion. The authors focus on the one emotion that brings man to the apex of evil - hate- and the emotion
that is key to our altruism - empathy. The authors persuade the reader that the control of hatred and fostering of empathy
are critical to our ultimate survival as a species. These two emotional states are the polar opposites that determine who
we are willing to destroy and who we are willing to save.”
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