Just as deadly: the psychology of female serial killers

"In this book, Dr. Marissa A. Harrison illustrates how female serial killers differ from their male counterparts and why society is so fascinated by their grisly crimes"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harrison, Marissa A. (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge New York Melbourne New Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press 2023
In:Year: 2023
Online Access: Cover (lizenzpflichtig)
Table of Contents
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 21 A 2945
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Keywords:
Women serial murderers
Women > Psychology
Biopsychologie, Physiologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
Crime & criminology
Criminal or forensic psychology
Kriminalpsychologie, forensische Psychologie
PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology
Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology
Popular psychology
Ratgeber, Sachbuch: Psychologie
Tatsachenberichte: True Crime
True crime
Verbrechen und Kriminologie (Kriminalistik)
Kriminalfall > Serienmörderin > Tatmotiv > Psyche > Verbrechensopfer
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: 1837093490
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Summary:"In this book, Dr. Marissa A. Harrison illustrates how female serial killers differ from their male counterparts and why society is so fascinated by their grisly crimes"--
You've heard of Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. But have you heard of Amy Archer-Gilligan? Or Belle Gunness? Or Nannie Doss? Women have committed some of the most disturbing serial killings ever seen in the United States. Yet scientific inquiry, criminal profiling, and public interest have focused more on their better-known male counterparts. As a result, female serial killers have been misunderstood, overlooked, and underestimated. In this riveting account, Dr. Marissa A. Harrison draws on original scientific research, various psychological perspectives, and richly detailed case studies to illuminate the stark differences between female and male serial killers' backgrounds, motives, and crimes. She also emphasizes the countless victims of this grisly phenomenon to capture the complexity and tragedy of serial murder. Meticulously weaving data-based evidence and insight with intimate storytelling, Just as Deadly reveals how and why these women murder-and why they often get away with it
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 264-287
Physical Description:xix, 295 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781009158206
DOI:10.1017/9781009158183