Female Serial Killers: An Analysis

If I were a juror in this case, I would find Janice Leidholm guilty of first degree murder. In order to meet the criteria of first degree murder, premeditation and deliberation must be needed. Although she was abused by her husband, it is not considered as self-defense because he was sleeping when she killed him.

The two-part movie “Murder in the Heartland” from 1993, is the historical take on the bloody months of 1958, where mass-murderer, Charles Starkweather, killed 11 people in Lincoln, Nebraska. Directed by Robert Markowitz, the main roles of Charlie Starkweather, and Caril Ann Fugate, are played by actor Tim Roth and actress Fairuza Balk.

Murder on a Sunday Morning, is an Oscar award-winning documentary that tells of the conviction and trial of 15-year-old Brenton Butler for the death of Mary Ann Stephens in Jacksonville, Florida of May 2000. The film is a 111-minute movie directed by Jean-Xavier de Lastrade. The plot originates from the incident of Mary Ann Stephens being shot in the head by a black assailant; and then begins to unravel as Brenton Butler is arrested 90 minutes after the murder has occurred. Pat McGuinness, one of the main interviewees in the movie, takes up the case and defends Brenton Butler. The documentary presents the film from the trial, as well as interviews and investigations that Pat McGuinness and his partner Ann Finnel performed to gather facts for

When you think of the typical serial killer, you imagine Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer. Remarkably people only think of male serial killers, yet female serial killers are on the rise and are just as dangerous. There may not be as prevalent female serial killers as there are male though their crimes are just as brutal. The female serial killer is an interesting type that many researchers do not know much about. There have only been recent studies done due to the limited pool of contestants but Aileen Wuornos allowed researchers to delve into the mind of the female serial killer and what makes them tick. Aileen Wuornos, she brutally killed seven men and is one of the remarkably well known female serial killers. The men she killed were convicted

What is the role of women and crime? A majority of criminology theories do not heavily place women’s stance of crime and, as the emphasis of lawbreaking is focused mainly on men, Feminist theory of crime on the other hand attempts to justify crime and the part of women in society. In the book Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture by Nicole Rafter explains crime using multiple alternatives of feminist theory to explain how women in society consider crime based on the societal role of women. in the movie Thelma and Louise, it portrays the struggle of women, as the men in their world overwhelming show their power keeping both the main characters Thelma and Louise under control exhibiting dominance over them. The conflict

For my term paper I am doing 2 serial killers that murdered people and even children. Those 2 serial killers are Arthur Shawcross and Ted Bundy. Arthur Shawcross admitted that he murdered 12 female prostitutes in New York. He also sexually assaulted a 10 year old boy and murdered him after luring him into the woods. He then raped and killed an eight year old girl, and was convicted of manslaughter. Ted Bundy was a rapist who kidnapped numerous young women and girls during the 1970’s. Ted Bundy approached his female victims in a public place and led them to

It is evident that equality and equity between genders, males and females, has had its struggles. This struggle to promote fairness has been expressed through various mouvements such as from the suffragettes emerging in the late 20th and early 21st century, and the recent He for She movement to bring both genders to work together as one. Despite these efforts, in the hockey world, male domination inhibits female athletic success to reach such high level. This is displayed through history, funds and media.

In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, San Francisco and parts of the Bay Area faced one of the most mass unknown murders that is still unsolved until this day. The murder, who exemplified himself as the “Zodiac,” kept in contact with the police and area newspapers using notes, confirming that he has murdered yet another citizen. Although the police were never able to identify the zodiac, they were able to gather information about him through letters he was sending to the police and newspapers. The zodiac killed up to about 40 people, but the police is estimating about 50, therefore the amount of killings still remains unknown. The zodiac was very creative at his killings, so everytime the police thought they had gained knowledge on his strategies, Zodiac would change his ways and leave the police speechless. In this essay I will talk about the investigative techniques that was used to help identify the Zodiac killer.

Jeffrey Dahmer, the Milwaukee Cannibal, killed 17 homosexual boys and men. Jeffrey Dahmer’s case helped the study for medical and psychology fields. When he was born he was known as happy child but after getting a surgery to correct a double hernia it changed his personality completely making him more reserved. To cope, Dahmer started to dissect animals, abuse alcohol and developed antisocial tendencies. This case shocked and sickened many individuals due to the violent nature of the murders.

Picture 6 shows when 4 members of Keating’s five have to face unpleasant experience as murderer of Sam Keating. They are dumping Sam’s dead body into a garbage dump. Murderer cases that they have been worked with Annalise compel them to get involve in a murder case. After what Keating’s four have been done they have to make such a defense to make them get away from that murder case. While, Picture 7 shows Annalise’s sadness after she can prove that her

I wish it can be more understanding to how one can take the life of an innocent child. Another local mother here in Savannah, Georgia has taken the life of her child. Melissa Thacher of Savannah shot her four-year-old daughter and self inflicted herself with gunshot wounds. Around 7pm on October 15, 2015 authorities arrived to her residence on Clyo Circle in the southwest area of Chatham County to find the twenty-one year old mother, and her four-year-old child with gunshot wounds. The child was pronounced dead on the scene. In addition, Melissa Thacher was transported to a local hospital with non-threatening gunshot wounds. It is assumed that the mother was attempting

n August 27, 1964 (now age 53), in scarborough, Metropolitan Toronto, Canada. He was responsible for many sexual assaults and murders of young girls. However, he worked with his spouse Karla Homolka, with the rapes and killings of most of the victims. Their “nicknames” or “titles” to the public is “The Ken and Barbie Killers”. He anMy serial killer is Paul Kenneth Bernardo, also known as Paul Jason Teale, a Canadian serial killer and serial rapist. He was bord his spouse had gotten this name from the public from how perfect they seemed on the outside, and their looks were described as similar to the dolls Ken and Barbie.

Now in days America is not the best security country. Several American cities shad experienced a dramatic surge in homicides during the first half of this year. How incredible is that we have not complete the half of the year and some American cities have been more than 84 murders this year. People is not able to walk in the streets without looking around them. Since the half of the accidents had happened in the streets.

According to John Douglas—former chief of the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit—there are as many as thirty-five to fifty serial killers in the United States at any given time. They could be preachers, police officers, troop leader; they could even bag your groceries or prepare your food at a restaurant. They are experts of disguise, portraying good Samaritans in society but behind closed doors they are killers. Psychopaths generally are masters of manipulation, serial killers are classified as psychopaths. Predators come in all shapes and sizes and vary in age and gender, this is also true of serial killers. People need to