In the history of world criminalistics, female serial maniacs are rare. According to the Cambridge.org portal, scientists from the University of Pennsylvania told why the fair sex can be obsessed with murder and who can become a potential maniac.
According to associate professor of psychology Marissa Harrison, women, too, can commit truly terrible crimes. The expert believes that a woman is more likely to kill for financial gain, while for a man it is usually a sexual motive.
“As for the method of killing. For some reason, women like to use poison, men – to choke. The victim is also chosen differently. Men are much more likely to target a stranger and chase him or her. Women mostly attack people they know and are twice as likely to kill a spouse or partner,” the psychologist said, adding that female killers tend to target the vulnerable – the elderly, the sick, or children.
Researchers, after analyzing world statistics, have identified a portrait of a female killer. She is usually Caucasian; was married at least once, maybe even more; she is between 20 and 30 years old; officially employed; Christian; representative of the middle class; graduated from college or university; quick-witted, has a tenacious mind; experienced violence in childhood or is suffering from it now; she is attractive or even beautiful.
According to the psychologist, researchers found that 39% of female serial killers were nurses or medical professionals. As a rule, they were treated cruelly by their husbands or family members. Or this woman has recently experienced a major crisis or loss, Harrison points out.
At least one murder in her bloody history will take place in a suburban area – women are neater than men, she explained.
If a terrible thing happens to a woman’s mental health, then her weak environment is in danger: children, sick relatives and friends, the elderly. She, unlike a man, will not go looking for a random victim. Operate quietly, and kill in a secluded corner, Harrison summed up.
Source: Rosbalt
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