THE NEW PREDATOR: WOMEN WHO KILL Profiles of Female Serial Killers

Softcover. The author is an expert on serial killers. Founder of the Violent Crimes Institute, she holds a PhD in Criminal Justice and Forensic Science. She was the only profiler to have interviewed a large group of female serial killers for a first-ever book on profiling such killers. An in-depth study of females convicted of multiple murder in the United States, offering invaluable insights that have never before been available to law enforcement professionals, counsellors, and others who are concerned with convicted potential offenders. The results provide a profile of the female multiple murderer. Like their male counterparts, female killers endured patterns of extreme emotional, physical, and sexual abuse as children. Due to the familial turmoil the female offender, like the male multiple murderer, turned inward to an introverted fantasy life. Isolation became a way of life, and contact with others became less frequent. It appears that violence emerges from violence, whether the violence is physical, emotional, or sexual. Chapter headings include : Murder; Murder Theories: How Could They Do It?; Female Multiple Murderers: Up Close and Personal; The Process of Maturation; From Fantasy to Reality; The Sadistic Female Multiple Murderer; Behaviour Patterns; Profiling; Tornado Effect; Interviewing Multiple Murderers; Conclusion and Future of Profiling. With Bibliography. 235pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.