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Mania and Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong : Inside the Mind of a Female Serial Killer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (285 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442260085
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mania and Marjorie Diehl-ArmstrongDDC classification:
  • 364.15232092
LOC classification:
  • HV6517.C525 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Cycle of Death -- 2 In Rare Company -- 3 Killing Like a Man -- 4 A Cluttered Mind -- 5 Dictionary of Disorder -- 6 Death of a Boyfriend -- 7 "A Madman or a Natural Fool" -- 8 "Scared to Death" -- 9 Flight of Ideas -- 10 "Freezer Queen" -- 11 The Fractured Intellectuals -- 12 Psyche on Trial -- Afterword -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.
Summary: Throughout history there have been a number of female serials killers, but what drives these women to kill? Clark and Palattella dive deeper into this question by examining the case of Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, and provide a history of how the criminal justice system has handled complex and controversial issues surrounding mental illness.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Cycle of Death -- 2 In Rare Company -- 3 Killing Like a Man -- 4 A Cluttered Mind -- 5 Dictionary of Disorder -- 6 Death of a Boyfriend -- 7 "A Madman or a Natural Fool" -- 8 "Scared to Death" -- 9 Flight of Ideas -- 10 "Freezer Queen" -- 11 The Fractured Intellectuals -- 12 Psyche on Trial -- Afterword -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.

Throughout history there have been a number of female serials killers, but what drives these women to kill? Clark and Palattella dive deeper into this question by examining the case of Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, and provide a history of how the criminal justice system has handled complex and controversial issues surrounding mental illness.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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