Mania and Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong
Subtitle: inside the mind of a female serial killer
By: Jerry Clark and Ed Palattella
Contributors: Palattella, Ed, author
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781442260078
Subjects: Case studies; Women serial murderers; Mentally ill offenders
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-245) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Cycle of death : Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong's pattern of violence; title: In rare company : female serial killers in history; title: Killing like a man : angels of death, black widows, and damsels of doom; title: A cluttered mind : Marjorie Diehl's hoarding and other obsessions; title: Dictionary of disorder : defining mental illness; title: Death of a boyfriend : a fatal shooting, a suicide, and a question of stability; title: "A madman or a natural fool" : determining mental competency; title: "Scared to death" : Marjorie Diehl's first homicide trial; title: Flight of ideas : the burdens of bipolar disorder; title: "Freezer queen" : Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong kills again; title: The fractured intellectuals : the pizza bomber plot unravels; title: Psyche on trial : Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong's final verdict; title: Afterword; title: Notes; title: Selected bibliography; title: Index; title: About the authors.