To date, approaches to understanding serial murder have focused on individual cases rather than the social context in which they occurred. Written by leading cr

Attempts to understand serial murder tend to be focused on individual cases rather than the social context in which they occurred. This book departs from that a

In this fascinating book, Peter Vronsky exposes and investigates the phenomenon of women who kill—and the political, economic, social and sexual implications

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