| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 253 pages, 16 pages of plates unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Cycle of death : Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong's pattern of violence -- In rare company : female serial killers in history -- Killing like a man : angels of death, black widows, and damsels of doom -- A cluttered mind : Marjorie Diehl's hoarding and other obsessions -- Dictionary of disorder : defining mental illness -- Death of a boyfriend : a fatal shooting, a suicide, and a question of stability -- "A madman or a natural fool" : determining mental competency -- "Scared to death" : Marjorie Diehl's first homicide trial -- Flight of ideas : the burdens of bipolar disorder -- "Freezer queen" : marjorie diehl-armstrong kills again -- The fractured intellectuals : the pizza bomber plot unravels -- Psyche on trial : Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong's final verdict -- 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 13, 2017) |
| Subject |
Diehl-Armstrong, Marjorie.
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| SUBJECT |
Diehl-Armstrong, Marjorie fast |
| Subject |
Women serial murderers -- Pennsylvania -- Erie -- Case studies
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Mentally ill offenders -- Pennsylvania -- Erie -- Case studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Mentally ill offenders
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Women serial murderers
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Pennsylvania -- Erie
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Palattella, Ed, author
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| LC no. |
2017037555 |
| ISBN |
9781442260085 |
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1442260084 |
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