101428: Murder Most Rare

About the Course:

Driven by greed, passion, or insanity, female serial killers have largely escaped notice by the media—and the law. But as this riveting report proves, they are often more deadly, determined, and successful than their male counterparts. The book exposes the shocking facts about seven known categories of female serial killers—from “The Sexual Predator,” the rarest type of female killer, to the chilling “Black Widow,” who kills people with whom she has a close personal relationship.

Journal/Publisher:

Dell

Publication Date:

1998

Authors

C. L. Keller; Michael D. Kelleher

About the Authors:

C. L. Keller is a volunteer counselor and human rights advocate.

Michael Kelleher has written widely on the subject of violence, and specializes in threat assessment, strategic management, and human resource management for organizations in the private and public sectors.

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and law enforcement agents who seek knowledge about female serial killers. It is appropriate for all levels of participants’ knowledge.

Course Objectives:

1. Acknowledge the crime of serial killing in broad enough terms to include females among its perpetrators.

2. Demonstrate the similarities and differences between female serial killers known respectively as black widows, angels of death, and sexual predators.

3. Identify motivations that drive some female serial killers, and recognize some of the characteristics of serial killers who operate as a team.

4. Accept the ambiguity of answering definitively the question of the sanity of many killers as well as understanding the motivation behind many of the murders.