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When Women Kill offers a comprehensive, data‑driven study of 296 women arrested for homicide in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York City during 1979–1983. Using police files, homicide records, FBI reports, and other criminal information gathered during field research, the book presents a detailed profile of female murderers, their ecological contexts, victims, motives, and fates in court. The comparative analysis across six high‑murder‑rate urban areas provides insight into patterns and characteristics of women who kill, filling a previously neglected niche in true‑crime scholarship.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Crime Fiction/Criminal Underworld
Authors: Coramae Richey Mann
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