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Name: When She Was Bad
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Author: Patricia Pearson

Patricia Pearson argues that American society denies women’s capacity for aggression, citing a 200 percent rise in female crime during a period when overall crime is falling. By weaving case studies—most notably Karla Homolka, who raped and killed three women, Dorothea Puente, who murdered several elderly tenants, and Marti Salas‑Tarin, an ex‑prisoner running a women’s halfway house—she shows how society transforms female violence into victimhood through explanations such as PMS, battered‑wife syndrome, and postpartum depression. Pearson then incorporates findings from criminologists, anthropologists, and psychiatrists to debunk the myth of female innocence and present an evidence‑based analysis of women’s violent behavior.

First publish date: 1997

Genre: Psychology/General Psychology

Authors: Patricia Pearson

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