Women Serial and Mass Murderers

Profiles of 85 Killers Worldwide, 1580-1990
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7864-7617-6
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 333 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 547 g

It is at 31.4 years that the average woman multiple murderer kills the first of her 17 victims, whom she usually knows or is related to. The preferred method is poison, usually arsenic. She is more likely to prey on the vulnerable - the very young or the very old - than her mail counterpart. Her killing spree lasts five years; when caught, she shows little remorse.<br><br> This profile of 85 women focuses on those who have killed at least three people, not including themselves in murder-suicide cases. Though the work is international, emphasis is on the United States over the past 100 years. Excluded are accomplices who, though legally guilty of multiple murders, were in fact passive participants. <br><br> The life of each killer is examined, as well as descriptions of the murders, the methods, and a look at the trial.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Segrave, Kerry

Über Autor(innen)

Cultural historian <strong>Kerry Segrave</strong> is the author of dozens of books on such topics as drive-in theatres, lie detectors, jukeboxes, smoking, shoplifting and ticket-scalping. He lives in British Columbia.