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Marissa A. Harrison
Marissa A. Harrison
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Just as Deadly
The Psychology of Female Serial Killers
 , pp. 288 - 296
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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Page numbers in italics refer to source titles/proper nouns.

acquired neuropsychological deficits, 168
Adams, Felix, 80
age statistics, 39–40
Alabama Heritage, The, 78
Alcorn, Hugh, 19, 53
Alderman, W. R., 98
alienists, 43
Allely, Clare, 117, 151
America’s Most Wanted (1988–present), 20
American Psychiatric Association, 56
American Psychological Association (APA), 12, 113
amygdala, 74, 156, 164, 167, 169
Andrews, Franklin, xiii, 54
Angrilli, Alessandro, 157–158
angular gyrus, 167
ant and roach killer, 68
Anthes, Emily, ix
antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), 65–66, 71, 117, 121, 160, 163, 165–167, 177
Anton, Marja, 166
Archer, James, 51
Archer, Mary, 52, 53
Archer-Gilligan, Amy, xii–xiv, xvi, 206
media representations, 9, 19
mental health and substance abuse, 51–55
Aristotle, 28
arsenic, xvi, 24, 51, 68–69, 81, 92, 93, 99, 101–102, 104–105
Arsenic and Old Lace (1939), xiii, 19
artifacts of murderers. See murderabilia
Associated Press (AP), xv
atropine poisoning, 42
autism spectrum disorder (ASD), 117
Azbell, Joe, 98
Babbitt, Catherine, 76–77
Baden, Michael, 62
Baltimore Sun, The, 58, 59, 152
Banks, Sondra, 73–74
Barfield, Margie Velma Bullard, 68–71, 70
Barker, George F., 104
Beebe, Dora, 17, 193
behavioral neuroscience, 147–148, See also evolutionary theory
biopsychology of violence, 162–168, 163
case with indirect brain evidence, 157–158
cases with direct brain evidence, 148–157
cases with no neural issues, 158–161
conclusions and absence of evidence, 161–162
genes for violence, 168–170
head injuries and general violence, 168
Bell, Richard, 6
Bellingham Herald, The, 178
Berkowitz, David, 185
Bernard, Randolph J., 194, 208
Bernstein, Charles, 59
Bianchi, Ken, 15, 178–179
biopsychology of violence, 162–168
Blanchard, Claudine “Dee Dee”, 65
Blanchard, Gypsy Rose, 65
bleach poisoning, 84
body-count journalism, 184
Bogaerts, Stefan, 167–168
Boggess, J., 97
borderline personality disorder (BPD), 177
Boschelli, Barry, 119, 120
Boston Globe, The, 1, 43, 87
Boston Post, The, 43
Bowers, Tom, x
Brady, Ian, 185
Braggs, Charles, 78, 79
brain voltage analysis, 155
Brewer, Linda, 134–135
Brigham, O. A., 42
Bright, Kathy, 187
Brin, David, xiv
Britt, Joe Freeman, 69
Brodsky, Howard, 189, 190
Bronfenbrenner, Urie, 183
Brown, Debra, 141
Browning, James, 11
Brudos, Jerome Henry, 142–145, 196
Brudos, Ralphene, 144, 196
BTK Strangler. See Rader, Dennis
Buenoano, Judias “Judy”, 92–95
Bundy, Ted, 14, 19, 184–185
Buono, Angelo, 178
Burlington Daily News, 21
Burton, Mary, 7
Byers, Kim, 123, 196
Cabrera, John, 33
callousness, 26, 46, 66, 105, 127, 160, 177
Cannon, Jesse, 7
Cannon, Martha Patty, 5–8, 14, 191
Capital Times, The, 111
career statistics, 38
Carey, Bernard, 196
Carlson, Esther, 24–26
Carpenter, Leona, 34
CBS 13 News, 207
Chicago Times, 121
Chicago Tribune, 125, 127, 196
childhood illness, 45
childhood maltreatment, 45–47, 150, 179–180, 212
biopsychology of violence, 164
J. B., 154
Jerome Brudos, 143–144
John Wayne Gacy, 119, 128
Judy Buenoano, 94
Margie Velma Barfield, 69
sexual abuse, 120–121, 145–146, 180
Surinder Koli, 159
childhood sexual abuse (CSA), 120–121, 145–146, 180
child-killing, 5, 26, 95–97, 102–103, 133
Martha Woods case study, 58–61
Marybeth Tinning case study, 61–65
Clark, Mary Higgins, 93
Cleckley, Hervey, 9, 13, 14, 119, 126, 128, 173, 189, 214
Cold Justice (2013–present), 20
Coleman, Alton, 141
Colwell, Bonnie, 172
Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), 171
comedy representations, 19
conduct disorder (CD), 66, 71
Connolly, Jennifer, 193
continuous electroencephalography (CEEG), 148
convergent perspectives, 204–205, 205
copycat theory, 183
Corbett, Tammy, 72–74
Cosper, Patti, 194
crime trends
location of crimes, 75, 132
methods used, 78, 134
motive statistics, 138
time period and crimes, 75
victim statistics, 132–134
Criminal Minds (2005–2020), 18
criminal profiling. See female serial killer profiling
CT scans, 148, 151
Cunningham, Kurt, 182
curiosity. See morbid curiosity
Curiosity About Morbid Events (CAME) Scale, 29–30
Cutting, Kenneth, 2, 87–88
Dahmer, Jeffrey, 15, 160, 211
Daily Arkansas Gazette, The, xiii–xiv, 206
Daily News, 99
Daly, Dennis, 26
Darwin, Charles, 89
Davis, Dolores, 197–198
Davis, James, 211
Davis, Jeff, 197–198
Davis, Norma, 17
De Brito, Stephane, 163
DeAngelo, Joseph James, 170–174, 171, 194–195
Death House Landlady. See Puente, Dorothea
demeanor, assessment of, 38–40
demographics, 38–40, 44–45
male serial killer comparisons, 113–114
depression, 66–67
Des Moines Register, 121
desensitization, 19–20
developmental history, 45–47, 149–151, 179–180, 212
Aileen Wuornos, 50, 178
biopsychology of violence, 164
childhood sexual abuse (CSA), 120–121, 145–146, 180
J. B., 154
Jerome Brudos, 143–144
John Wayne Gacy, 119, 128
Margie Velma Barfield, 69
Robert Lee Yates, 137
Ronald Dominique, 181
Surinder Koli, 159
Dexter (2006–2013), 18
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), 56, 114, 166, 177
Dietz, Park, 150–151
DiMaio, Domenic, 60
DiMaio, Vincent, 60
dissociative identity disorder (DID), 178
Dix, Dorothea, 56
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), 170, 171
Dogra, T. D., 158–160
domestic abuse, 65
Dominique, Ronald, 181–183, 195
dopamine, 27, 47, 165, 169
Doss, Melvina, 79
Doss, Nannie, 78–81, 80
Doss, Sam, 78, 79
Douglas, Jared, 208, 209
Dowd, Katie, 185
drug abuse. See substance abuse
Duggan, Katherine, 53
Duquette, Christine, 195
Duwe, Grant, 184
Edge, Robert, 194
Edgell, Archie, 194, 208
Edmondson, Howard, 79
education statistics, 38, 114
Edwards, Dollie, 68
Edwards, Montgomery, 68
Egginton, Joyce, 62
electroencephalography (EEG) tests, 160
England Historical Society, 44
environment of evolutionary adaptedness (EEA), 91
epinephrine, 192
ethnicity statistics, 38
Eveans family, 72–73
event-related potentials (ERPs), 166
Everson, Lynn, 135–136
Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck (2012), 27
Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences (journal), 113
evolutionary theory, 89–92, 200–205
environment of evolutionary adaptedness (EEA), 91
FSK profit motive, 89–91, 94
genesmanship, 95, 200
hunter-gatherer model of serial murder, 202–204
killing children/malfunctioning caregiver mechanism, 95–97
MSK sexual motive, 138, 200–201
proximate and ultimate motivators, 92, 203
unconscious drives, 91, 203
executive function, 156–157, 162
biopsychology of violence, 162–168
Exorcist, The (1973), 18
factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA). See Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP)
fake news, 36
Farrell, Amanda, 4, 9, 81, 140, 191
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, 107
fear-potentiated startle (FPS), 166
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 4, 74, 106, 131, 132, 208
Federal Bureau of Prisons, 60
Fell, Lewis Gratz, 48
female serial killer profiling, 105–107
feminist perspective, 190–191
Fink, Benjamin, 34
Finnish National Bureau of Investigation, 117
Flaherty, Claire, xi
flurazepam, 32
forensic genetic genealogy (FGG), 172
Forensic Pathology (1989), 60
Foret, Dawn, 182
Forsyth, Craig, 181–183
Fox, Nancy, 187, 198
Frederick, Erika, 21, 29
frontal lobes. See prefrontal cortex (PFC)
Gacy, John Wayne, 15, 28, 118–130, 125, 133, 195, 196
behavioral neuroscience, 160
childhood maltreatment, 179
as icon, 185
murderabilia, 17
Gall, Franz Joseph, 147
Gallup, Gordon G., 200
Garippo, Louis, 126, 196
Garret, Brad, 173
Garrett family, 98, 101
Geberth, Vernon, 136–137
GEDMatch, 171
Gein, Ed, 14, 19, 108–112, 109, 185, 195–196, 212
Gein, Henry, 108
genes for violence, 168–170
genesmanship, 95, 200
Gentry, John, 93
Genty, Daniel, 123–124
Gibbs, Mary D., 42
Gilbert, Kristen, 1–4, 2, 66, 83, 87–88, 192, 195
Gilligan, Michael, 51–52
Gipson, Talmadge J., 98–99
Glenn, Andrea, 166
Godejohn, Nicholas, 65
Golden State Killer. See DeAngelo, Joseph James
Goodyear, James, 92, 93
Goodyear, Michael, 92–93
Gordon, Ronit, 193
Gott, Adam, 112
Gray, Dana Sue, 17, 86, 193
Grimm, Fred, 49
Gunness, Belle, 21–26, 25, 66, 85, 202, 213
remains of victims, 28, 82, 133
Gunness, Peter, 22
Häkkänen, Helinä, 117
halo effect, 10
Hannibal (2013–2015), 18
Harder, William, 34
Hardstark, Georgia, 174
Hare, Robert, 13, 15, 124, 127, 165, 166, 212
Harper’s Bazaar, 196
Harrelson, Frank, 78, 79
Hartford Courant, xii–xiii, 19, 52–55, 103, 104
Hartley, Greg, 12
Hawn, Stacy, 136
Hays, Jim, 10
Hazel, Dovie, 79
Hazel, Lou, 79
head injuries, 117, 148–149, 151–152, 156, 160
and general violence, 168
John Wayne Gacy, 119, 128–129
Hedge, Marine, 188
Helfgott, Jacqueline, 189
Helgelien, John, 23
Hell’s Belle. See Gunness, Belle
Hickey, Eric, 4, 9, 15, 18, 106–107, 118, 131, 137, 145–146, 173
Hickman, Martha Sperry, 12
Hilton, Tonya, 78
Hindley, Myra, 185
hippocampus, 167, 169
Ho, Lavina, xi
Ho, Thienvu, 172
Hogan, Mary, 108, 109
Holden, Benedict, 54
Holes, Paul, 174
Hollingsworth, Wanda, 85
Holmes, Ronald, 86
Holmes, Stephen, 4, 86
homosexuality, attitudes toward, 211–212
horror media. See media, role of
Howell, Nic, 126
Hrdy, Sarah, 97
Hudon, Henry, 195
Hughes, Susan, 112
hunter-gatherer model, 202–204
Hurlburt, Dennis, 103
income inequality, 132
infanticide, 5, 26, 95–97, 102–103, 133
Martha Woods case study, 58–61
Marybeth Tinning case study, 61–65
Innocence Project., 20
insulin, 207, 208
intelligence level statistics, 38–39
Isenberg, Sheila, 28
J. B., 154–157, 170, 179
Jakubczyk, Andrzej, 170
James, Cyrus, 6
James, William, 26
Jaws (1975), 18
jealousy, evolution of, 89–90
Jelly, George F., 43
Jentzen, Jeffrey, 211
Jewkes, Yvonne, 185
Johnson, Joe, 5
Jolly Jane. See Toppan, Jane
Jones, Genene, 75–78, 77, 82, 83
Jones, Patricia, 10
Joseph, Charles, 7
Joseph, Jennifer A., 135
Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, ix, 38, 58, 106
Journal of Forensic Science, 60
K. T., 157–158
KAKE-TV, 187
Kansas City Star, 10
Kaplan, Sarah, ix
Kaufman, Frank, 59
Kavanaugh, Felix, 58
Keating, Laurel, 197
Keeler, John, 54
Keppel, Robert, 137
Kerr, Douglas, 59
Kilgariff, Karen, 174
Killer Clown. See Gacy, John Wayne
Killer Granny. See Puente, Dorothea
Killing Eve (2018–present), 18
Kinne, James, 10
Kinne, Sharon, 10–12, 12, 85
Kleeh, Thomas, 9, 209–210
Koli, Surinder, 158–160, 162
Koval, Joseph, 73
Kraus, Richard, 148–150
La Pistolera. See Kinne, Sharon
Lacassagne, Alexandre, 152
Lachmann, Annette, 129
Lachmann, Frank, 129
Lady Bluebeard. See Gunness, Belle
Lamphere, Ray, 22–24
LaMunyon, Richard, 186–187, 189
Lanning, Arlie, 78–79
Larsen, Nellie, 24
Larson, Maggie, 20
Le Petit Parisien, 153
Leavenworth Times, The, 152
Leibman, Faith, 144
Levin, Jack, 178, 189
Levine, Jay, 123
Lindstrom, Carl August, 24
Linneman, Travis, 185
Litle, Patrick, 29
location of crimes, 75, 132
Lombardo, Louis, 10
Los Angeles Times, The, 34, 171, 173
Luauté, Jean-Pierre, 152–154
Lund, Jessie, 164
Lundin, Raymond, 186
Lynne, Tami, 62–63
M’Naghten rule, 81, 100
Maddock, Aubrey, xii–xiii
Magan, Erika, 20
Maggiore family, 194–195
major depressive disorder (MDD), 66–67
Malahan, Mary, 53
male serial killer comparisons, 112–113, 131–132, 139
demographics, 113–114
evolutionary psychology, 200–204
general observations, 140–142
location of crimes, 132
mental illness, 114–118
methods used, 134
motive, 138
outcome of crimes, 138–139
sexual trauma, 145–146
victim statistics, 132–134
malingering, 178–179
Mallett, Xanthe, 19
Manhattan Mercury, The, 187
MAO-A gene, 168–170
Marier, Francis, 192
Marino family, 195
Marshall, James A., 7
Martin, Claude, 99, 101
Martin, Rhonda Belle, 97–102, 100
Martin, Ronald, 99
mask of sanity, 119, 126, 128, 137, 189
Mask of Sanity, The (1941), 9, 13
mass media research method, 36–37
Maxton, Joe, 22, 23
Mays, Reta, 9, 193–194, 207–210
McClellan, Chelsea, 76
McClellan-Wiese, Petti, 77
McCrary, Gregg, 189
McMullan, Debbi Domingo, 174
Meadow, Roy, 60
media, role of
influence on crime, 183–190
mass media research method, 36–37
serial killer representations, 18–20, 30–31, 50
medical child abuse (MCA), 61
Mele, Dominick, 62
mental illness, 47, 175–179, See also behavioral neuroscience; psychopathy
Aileen Wuornos, 48–50
Amy Archer-Gilligan, 51–55
Ed Gein, 110–111
history and current developments, 55–58
Jane Toppan, 43–44
Jerome Henry Brudos, 143–144
John Wayne Gacy, 125–126
Joseph James DeAngelo, 172
Kristen Gilbert, 88
Lydia Sherman, 105
male serial killer comparisons, 114–118
Margie Velma Barfield, 68–71
Marybeth Tinning, 61–65
Nannie Doss, 80–81
Reta Mays, 209
Rhonda Belle Martin, 99–101
statistics and prevalence, 65–68
Tammy Corbett, 73
treatment of, 71
Meriden Morning Record, 53
methods-of-crime statistics, 134
Miami Herald, The, 49
Miller, Dorothy, 34
Mindhunter (2017–2019), 18
Mitchell, David, 182
Moise, Judy, 33
monoamines, 168–169
Monster (2003), 8, 50
Montgomery Advertiser, The, 98
Montoya, Bert, 33
Morana, Hilda, 13
morbid curiosity, xi, 26–30, 52, 74, 210
Moreth, Vince, 73
Morgan, Mike, 6
Morning News, The, 6–7
morphine, 42, 52, 55
Morris, Bobby Joe, 92, 93
Morton, Richard, 78
motives, 34, 61
Aileen Wuornos, 191
Belle Gunness, 202
classification of, 86–89
Ed Gein, 110
Genene Jones, 77
J. B., 155
Jane Toppan, 44
Joseph James DeAngelo, 173
Joseph Vacher, 154
Judy Buenoana, 94
killing for profit, 89–91, 94
Kimberly Clark Saenz, 84
Kristen Gilbert, 87–88
Lydia Sherman, 103, 105, 202
male serial killer comparisons, 138, 200–202
Martha Woods, 59
Nannie Doss, 79–80
Rhonda Belle Martin, 99
Ronald Dominique, 181
Tammy Corbett, 73
movies. See media, role of
MRI scans, 160
Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP), 60–61, 65
case of Marybeth Tinning, 61–65
murderabilia, 17–19, 34, 190
Murderpedia, 37
Murfin, Melody, 135, 194
Murphy, Erin, x–xi, 21
Murray, Jennifer, 190
Museum of Death, California, 18
My Favorite Murder (podcast), 174
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 124
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 56–57, 116
NBC News, 189
NBC/Peacock, 123
necrophilia, 111, 144
negative stimuli, 27–28
neuropsychological tests, 157–158
New York Herald, The, 103, 104, 105
New York Post, The, 141
New York Times, The, 22, 184
New Yorker, The, 120, 128
‘no female serial killers’ theory, 4–5
Norton, Carla, 35
Nurses Who Kill (2016–present), 208
O’Dell, Diane, 141
O’Neill, Courtney Lund, 196
offender profiling. See female serial killer profiling
Ogilvie, James, 164
Oliver, Patrick, 136
Olson, Jennie, 22, 23
Oosterwijk, Suzanne, 27, 29
Open University Psychological Society, 211
orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), 164, 165, 169
Oster, Sunny Gale, 194
Ostrosky-Solís, Feggy, 154–156
Otero family, 186, 198
paired serial killers, 37–38
Palermo, Mark, 167
Palmer, Betty, 34
Pandher, Moninder Singh, 159
paraformaldehyde, 93
paraphilia, 118, 136, 169
Paredes Ordonez, Francisco, 11
parental investment theory, 90, 201, 202
Pearson, Patricia, 9
Peck, George, 104
Peeples, Carlton, 208
Pera-Guardiola, Vanessa, 166
Perr, Belvin, 94
Perrault, Jim, 1, 3, 87
physical appearance, perception of, 9–10
Piest, Robert, 123, 124, 196
Plapp, Beverly, 198
Poersch, John, 63
poison. See also arsenic
ant and roach killer, 68
bleach poisoning, 84
flurazepam as, 32
as most common murder method, 78
rat poison, 68, 81
strychnine, 40
postpartum psychosis (PP), 67, 100–101
Poughkeepsie Journal, 62
prefrontal cortex (PFC), 128, 163–165, 163, 167, 169
protective vigilance, 27, 74
proximate motivators, 92, 203
Psycho Killers (1999), 19
psychopathy, 66, 119, 164, 176
Aileen Wuornos, 48, 177–178
behavioral neuroscience, 165–167
Belle Gunness, 26
Dennis Rader, 189
J. B., 156
John Wayne Gacy, 124, 127–128
Joseph James DeAngelo, 173
Lydia Sherman, 105
primer, 12–15
Ronald Dominique, 183
Surinder Koli, 160
Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R), 14, 165–166, 177
psychosis, 12–15, 100–101
psychosocial factors, 175
clinical perspective, 175–179
effects of serial killers on others, 192–199
sociocultural perspective, 180–191
traumagenic perspective, 179–180
psychotherapy, 213–214
Puente, Dorothea, 28, 32–35, 33, 81, 83, 138, 141, 191
Rader, Dennis, 185–190, 188, 197–199
Raine, Adrian, 205
RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network), 145
Ramirez, Richard, 17
Rappaport, Richard, 126
rat poison, 68, 81
Rawson, Kerri Rader, 188, 190, 197
Reasonable Doubt (2017–present), 20
Reid, Sasha, 160, 162
relationship status statistics, 39, 113–114
religious affiliation statistics, 38
Remember Me (1994), 93
research study, overview of, 35–38
demographics, 38–40, 44–45
developmental history, 45–47, 50
Ressler, Robert, 4, 132
reward sensitivity, 46
Reye’s syndrome, 62
Ridgway, Gary, 185
Rignall, Jeff, 122
Roberts, June Elizabeth, 193
Robillard, Ron, 55
Rodgers, Garry, xi–xii
Rolling Stone, 17
Rossman, David, 4
Ryan, Annie, 54
Saenz, Kimberly Clark, 84–85
Saint Paul Globe, The, 82
Salee, Linda Dawn, 143
Saltz, Gail, 110
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 35
Savage, Susan, 136
Sawyer, Joshua, 76
schizophrenia, 43–44, 47, 55, 71, 99–100, 110, 117
Schmid, David, 184
Schurman-Kauflin, Deborah, 9, 78
Scott, Darla Sue, 194
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), 170
sensationalism, 36–37
sensation-seeking, 28–30
Sensation-Seeking Scale, 29–30
Serial Killer’s Daughter, A (2019), 197
Sewell, Dan, 184
sex crimes, 4–5, 118, 141, 169–170, 174, 182, 189–190
Sex Differences in Serial Killers (2019), 203
sexual behavior, 67, 118–121, 129, See also paraphilia; sex crimes
Shaw, George, 208, 209
Shaw, Norma, 208, 209
Sherman, Horatio, 103–105
Sherman, Lydia, 102–105, 202
Silva, Arturo, 167
Sims, Debra, 94
Slawson, Linda Kay, 142, 143
Smith, Christine, 136
Smith, Gloria, 143
Smith, Wayne, 195
Smithsonian Institution, 7
sociocultural perspective, 180–181
case of Ronald Dominique, 181–183
feminist view, 190–191
media power, 183–190
socioeconomic statistics, 38, 114
sociopathy, 15, 35, 189
Sorenson, Mads, 21–22
South Bend Tribune., The, 24
souvenirs. See trophies
SPECT (single-photon emission computerized tomography), 148
Spokesman-Review, The, 135, 137, 145
Sprinkler, Karen Elena, 143
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 73
Stedman, Henry R., 43
Stein, Robert, 124
Struck, Cornelius, 104
Struck, Edward S., 102
strychnine, 40, 51
substance abuse, 67–68, 115
Amy Archer-Gilligan, 52–53, 55
Kimberly Clark Saenz, 84
Margie Velma Barfield, 68–71
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 68
succinylcholine chloride, 76
sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), 59, 60, 62, 72
Sullivan, Robert, 65
Sybil (1976), 178
Tallahassee Democrat, 48
Taylor, Stuart, 68
television shows. See media, role of
theory of mind (ToM) deficits, 167
Three Baby Rule, 60
Three Faces of Eve (1957), 178
Tinning, Joe, 63
Tinning, Marybeth, 61–65, 64
Toates, Frederick, 211
Toppan Brigham, Elizabeth, 40–42
Toppan, Jane, 40–45, 41, 81–82, 140, 191
transgender, 111, 212
traumagenic experience. See childhood maltreatment
traumagenic neurodevelopmental model, 47, 50
traumatic brain injury (TBI), 168, See also head injuries
trigger theory, 184
Trinity College, Dublin, 20
Trivers, Robert, 90–91, 201, 202
trophies, 141–142, 145, 174, 181
Jerome Henry Brudos case study, 142–145
true crime media, 18–20
Turan, Kenneth, 50
Twin City News-Record, The, 108
typology, serial killer
FSK challenges, 86–89
Holmes and Holmes, 86–87
ultimate motivators, 92, 203
unconscious drives, 91, 203
University Philosophical Society (The Phil), 20
Vacher, Joseph, 152–154, 153, 156
Van Zandt, Clint, 189
Vella, Angelo, 3
ventricular enlargement, 148, 151, 160
Vicary, Amanda, 20
victim statistics, 82–84, 132–134
Vygotsky, Lev, 183
Waldron, Barney, 64
Waller, Greg, 186
Washington Post, The, ix, 62, 63, 70
WebMD, 189
Weeks, Connie, 76
Wegerle, Vicki, 187
WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) cultures., xv
Welch, William, 1
Wellington, Chazz, 137
Wenzl, Roy, 190
‘what is beautiful is good’ theory, 10
Whitney, Jan Susan, 142
Wichita Beacon, The, 187
Wichita Eagle, The, 187, 190, 197, 198
Wiest, Julie, 184
Wilder, Ron, 122
Wilkinson, Alec, 128
Williams, W. Huw, 168
Williams, Wayne, 185
Wilson, Eric, 27
Wilson, Melanie, 136
Wilson, Wayne, 78
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), 166
Woods, Martha, 58–61, 83
Woolridge, Jay, 72
Worden, Bernice, 108
World Health Organization (WHO), 147, 204
Wuornos, Aileen, 47–50, 49, 177–179
disposal of victims, 81, 141
media representations, 19
motives, 191
notoriety of, 8, 185
Yaksic, Enzo, 137, 162
Yates, Robert Lee, 134–138, 145, 194, 197
Yates, Sasha, 197
Yuko, Elizabeth, 17–18
Zillmann, Dolf, 21
Zodiac Killer, 19, 185–186
Zuckerman, Marvin, 28–29

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  • Marissa A. Harrison, Pennsylvania State University
  • Book: Just as Deadly
  • Online publication: 06 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009158183.016
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  • Index
  • Marissa A. Harrison, Pennsylvania State University
  • Book: Just as Deadly
  • Online publication: 06 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009158183.016
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  • Index
  • Marissa A. Harrison, Pennsylvania State University
  • Book: Just as Deadly
  • Online publication: 06 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009158183.016
Available formats
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