Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters

Peter Vronsky's definitive study of how female serial killers differ from male, both psychologically and in how the justice system processes them. Vronsky profiles Aileen Wuornos and other cases and examines the cultural expectation of female passivity that made their crimes seem impossible until they were undeniable. The most thorough academic treatment of gender and serial violence for general readers.