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Clark, Jerry, 1960- author.
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Diehl-Armstrong, Marjorie.
Women serial murderers -- Pennsylvania -- Erie -- Case studies.
Mentally ill offenders -- Pennsylvania -- Erie -- Case studies.
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Mania and Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong : inside the mind of a female serial killer / Jerry Clark and Ed Palattella.
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Clark, Jerry, 1960- author.
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
Subjects
Diehl-Armstrong, Marjorie.
Women serial murderers -- Pennsylvania -- Erie -- Case studies.
Mentally ill offenders -- Pennsylvania -- Erie -- Case studies.
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9781442260078 (hardcover alkaline paper)
1442260076 (hardcover alkaline paper)
Description:
xiv, 253 pages, 16 pages of plates unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Cycle of death : Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong's pattern of violence -- In rare company : female serial killers in history -- Killing like a man : angels of death, black widows, and damsels of doom -- A cluttered mind : Marjorie Diehl's hoarding and other obsessions -- Dictionary of disorder : defining mental illness -- Death of a boyfriend : a fatal shooting, a suicide, and a question of stability -- "A madman or a natural fool" : determining mental competency -- "Scared to death" : Marjorie Diehl's first homicide trial -- Flight of ideas : the burdens of bipolar disorder -- "Freezer queen" : Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong kills again -- The fractured intellectuals : the pizza bomber plot unravels -- Psyche on trial : Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong's final verdict -- Afterword -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- About the authors.
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Throughout history there have been a number of female serials killers, but what drives these women to kill? Clark and Palattella dive deeper into this question by examining the case of Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, and provide a history of how the criminal justice system has handled complex and controversial issues surrounding mental illness.
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