The Female Homicide Offender: Serial Murder and the Case of Aileen Wuornos

by Stacey L. Shipley and Bruce A. Arrigo, Ph.D.

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For Criminal Justice courses in Homicide Studies, Women & Crime, Criminal Behavior, Criminal Offender, Victimology (Violence & Victims), and Psychology & Crime.

This text explains in clear, accessible, and scholarly prose who the female homicide offender is, examining the criminological literature on female criminality (including murder). It also investigates the research on attachment disorder and psychopathy, using the case study of Aileen Wuornos, one of America's most controversial serial murderers. Detailed, systematic, and comprehensive, the text details how such behaviors emerge in childhood, and what can be done to predict and prevent them. It offers a fresh and provocative assessment that presents several treatment, administration, and policy recommendations regarding the mental health and court justice systems.

  • ISBN10 0131141619
  • ISBN13 9780131141612
  • Publish Date 24 February 2004
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 12 November 2014
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Pearson
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 200
  • Language English