HONS 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Serial Killer, Sexual Predator, Social Movement
Document Summary
Improved police investigation: population increased, social movement that encourages women to be like men in all areas of life, including the use of. Increased media attention on serial killers violence as a tool for resolving discord: facts about the female serial killer. Women have been serial killing for a long time: we can trace it back to ancient rome. Females account for 15% of violent crime. Female serial killers account for around 8% of american serial killers. American females account for 76% of the world"s female serial killers. Roughly half of female serial killers have an accomplice. Most female serial killers are considered hedonistic comfort killers. Males: first kill 28. 9, youngest 8 (amardeep sada, oldest 76 (ray copeland) Females: first kill 30. 3, youngest 10 (mary bell, oldest 69 (faye copeland) Males: tend to stalk victims; victims are strangers, on average, kill up to 4 years, predatory in killing.
