Female Serial Killers in Social Context: Criminological Institutionalism and the Case of Mary Ann Cotton

by Elizabeth Yardley and David Wilson

Attempts to understand serial murder tend to be focused on individual cases rather than the social context in which they occurred. This book departs from that approach, taking up the case of nineteenth-century serial killer Mary Ann Cotton and setting it in its full social context. Drawing from records of Cotton's court appearances, local histories, and newspaper articles, it shows how institutions such as the family, economy, and religion shaped...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447326458
• ISBN13: 9781447326458
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.9"