PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Psychosis, Department Of Justice And Correctional Services, Homicide
24 Feb 2014
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Lecture 22- guest lecture: female offenders (shelley brown)thursday, march 24, 2011. Why study female offenders: lizzie borden 1892- accused of killing father and stepmother with hatchet. But she was found not guilty despite all the evidence against her. 1992: kelly ellard, convicted of the swarming death of rita in 1997. She was convicted as the primary lead as well as co-accused male offender, though she was part of group. In bc: andrea yates from texas, drowned five children in bathtub, suffering from postpartum psychoses. Found ncrmd: martha stewart convicted of lying to securities and exchange commission, 2004, lindsay lohan considering a plea bargain for stolen necklace guaranteed jail time would get 19 days because of the overcrowding in. California: these women capture our attention, not something that girls and women do frequently. Study of female offenders isn"t about serial killers, sex offenders, etc.
