Brandi Kiker Professor Presnell English 1103-025 1 November 2012 Evaluative Works Cited Gurian, Elizabeth.

"Female Serial Murderers: Directions for Future Research on a Hidden Population."International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 55.27 (2009).EBSCO Host. J. Murrey Atkins Library. Web. 30 Oct 2012. This article in this journal looks at 65 different female serial murder cases and helps compare the information with a partnered (male and female) serial murder. The article gives information about the different methods, motives, and offender-victim relationships of the different cases. Female serial murderers who act with a male in a murder have different methods and motives than the female serial murderers who act alone. The main method of a female serial murderer who acts alone is poisoning her victim. Whereas the female serial murderer acts with a male serial murderer, they use sexual torture. This article also organizes the female serial murderers in different charts such as age groups. Sage Publications who is a well-known publication company known for the publication of credible textbooks, educational journals, and reference books published this journal. Elizabeth A. Gurian who has a Ph. D in Criminology from the University of Cambridge, UK wrote this article.

Johnston, Joni. "Psychology Today." Psychology Today. (2012): n. page. Web. 30 Oct. 2012. This excerpt of the book The Human Equation helps explain the basic differences between male and female serial killers. The author goes on to tell how the term female serial killer is seen as an oxymoron to most people. Her excerpt also tells how sexual activities between a female serial killer and her victim are unlikely because sexual activity is not usually a female serial killers motive. Also, she talks about how female serial killers are more likely to use poison or suffocation as their usual methods, more silent methods; hence where she got the term silent but deadly. Joni E. Johnston, Psy.D.- Joni E. Johnston is a clinical/ forensic psychologist and is also a licensed private investigator. This means she hasnt just studied and wrote about these things but she has also experienced them first hand by doing the field work. She is also the author of the Complete Idiots Guide to Psychology 4th edition.

Keeney, Belea, and Kathleen Heide. "Gender Differences in Serial Murderers: A Preliminary Analysis." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 9. (1994): n.pag. Sage Journals. J. Atkins Murrey Library. Web. 30 Oct 2012. This article shows different characteristics of a female serial murderer. The journal article also discusses the characteristics of a male serial murderer. The characteristics, motives, and methods of the male and female serial murderers are then compared in the article and shows that there are actually more similarities than differences between male and female serial murderers. This article does not just discuss the behaviors of the male and female serial murderers during and after the murders but it also discusses the male and female serial murderers past such as their home life as children and if they were drug addicts or alcoholics. This article was also published by Sage Publications just as the previous article was. The article was edited by Belea T. Keeney but written by Katleen M. Heide. Kathleen M. Heide is a professor of Criminology at the University of South Florida, and is a licensed psychotherapist.

Kelleher, Michael, and C.L. Kelleher. Murder Most Rare: The Female Serial Killer. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998. Web. This book discusses not only the motives and nature of a female serial killer but the motives and nature of a serial killer in general. This book goes on to discuss how female serial killers make it more difficult for law enforcement to solve serial killer cases because the female serial killers have more complex and more well thought out plans than a male serial killer. Most serial killers (male) can go four years with killing before they are caught. However, female serial killers can go eight years with killing before they are caught. Female serial killers are significantly more successful than male serial killers are. The author of this book is Michael D. Kelleher who has also written articles for educational Criminology journals such as Crime, Law, and Social Change. Praeger Publishers, the publisher of this book is popular for titles in social sciences and humanities, such as Websters Timeline History, and is a member of Greenwood Publishing Group.

United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Homicide Trends In The U.S.. 2006. Web. 30 Oct. 2012

This web article includes all different kinds of graphs and statistics on male and female homicides. Different percentages help show how males are usually the offender and the victim of a homicide. There is a graph that shows the trend of male and female serial has changed from 1976-2005. In addition, more percentages show the preference of how the male and female serial killers committed the homicide. The most used weapon of a male serial killer is a gun whereas the most used weapon for a female serial killer is poison. The majority of the time the relationship of a male serial killer and his victim is unknown whereas the majority of the time the relationship of a female serial killer and her victim is her spouse. This research was done by the FBI from the Supplementary Homicide reports and was reported by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The Bureau of Justice Statistics collects, analyzes, and publishes information of criminal justice statistics. The Bureau of Justice Statistics is also considered to be the Primary source of criminal justice statistics. This website should be trusted because it is a government based and funded statistical website.