| Description |
xiv, 253 pages, 16 pages of plates unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Diehl-Armstrong, Marjorie.
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Women serial murderers -- Pennsylvania -- Erie -- Case studies.
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Mentally ill offenders -- Pennsylvania -- Erie -- Case studies.
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PSYCHOLOGY / Forensic Psychology.
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PSYCHOLOGY / History.
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TRUE CRIME / Murder / Serial Killers.
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| Added Author |
Palattella, Ed, author.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Clark, Jerry, 1960- author. Mania and Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017] 9781442260085 (DLC) 2017037555 |
| ISBN |
9781442260078 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1442260076 hardcover alkaline paper |
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