Fatal Females: Women who kill

by Micki Pistorius

Overview

In Fatal Females, investigative psychologist and former police profiler Micki Pistorius examines the minds and motives of women who kill. Throughout history the view seems to have prevailed that it is not in women's nature to commit violent crime, but Pistorius shows that this is not in fact the case. Women, givers of life, are indeed capable of ruthlessly taking life. She examines more than fifty documented cases of South African female killers, categorised according to the nature of the crime - for example, infanticide, spree killings, stalkers, poisoners - and she presents her new hypothesis to explain the psychology of that rare individual, the female serial killer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780143526896
Publisher:	Penguin Random House South Africa
Publication date:	10/02/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	209
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Dr Micki Pistorius is an investigative psychologist who pioneered profiling in the South African Police Service, founding and heading the Investigative Psychology Unit for six years. Her books include the bestselling Catch Me a Killer (and its Afrikaans translation Skimme in die Skadu), Strangers on the Street, Fatal Females and Profiling Serial Killers, as well as the historical novel Sorg.