Dangerous women : why mothers, daughters, and sisters become stalkers, molesters, and murderers / Larry A. Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, Larry A., 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Female offenders--Psychology.

Female offenders.

Violence in women.

Women--Psychology.

Women.

Physical Description:

310 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, [2008]

Summary:

"Criminologists have noted a disturbing trend in the last few decades - although men are still most often the perpetrators of murder, violent assault, and child molestation, more and more girls and women are becoming dangerous criminals, filling courtrooms and jails. This is the first book for the general reader that explores the full scope of girls and women behaving badly. From inappropriate sexual behavior to brutal murders, forensic psychologist Dr. Larry A. Morris relies on thirty years of personal clinical experience with perpetrators and victims of interpersonal violence to reveal why an alarming number of girls and women are now headed down dangerous paths to crime and punishment."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Foreword / Robin Sax Katzenstein

Introduction : the making of an ordinary forensic psychologist

1. Growing up dangerous : the warning signs

Britney Spears

Lindsay Lohan

Paris Hilton

Mean girls

2. Female predators : women who kill outside the family

Aileen Wuornos

The baddest bitch

the Barbie doll

The baby snatcher

3. Until death do us part : women who kill their partners

Loretta Fontaine

Karen Fritz

Mary Winkler

4. A little bit lethal : women who didn't mean to do it

Melissa Markley

Silvia Carmona

Judy Masters

Helen Jordan

Karen Montana

Lisa Marie Nowak

5. Rock-a-bye baby : murderous mothers

Berta Estrada

Andrea Yates

Susan Smith

6. The taboo breakers : mothers who molest children

Virginia Lion

Joyce Cumberland

Andrew Richards

7. The hidden curriculum : women teachers who sexually abuse students

Mary Kay Letourneau

Debra Beasley LaFave

Jennifer Lynn Sanchez

Sandra "Beth" Geisel

Margaret De Barraicua

Pamela Rogers Turner

Kimberly Correy-McKinney

8. The other side of clergy abuse : brides of Christ fallen from grace

Priscilla Clark

9. Bad seeds : girls who molest and murder

Susan Dewey

Melinda Loveless, Laurie Tackett, Hope Rippey, and Toni Lawrence

10. The path to prevention : why do girls and women become dangerous and what do we do about it?

Why do girls and women become dangerous?

What do we do about it?

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Morris, Larry A., 1936- Dangerous women.

ISBN:

9781591026334

1591026334

OCLC:

232002171