RedHanded

by Suruthi Bala

  Viding, Essi. “Why Do Some People Become Psychopaths?” (lecture, The Royal Society, London, October 19, 2017). https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2017/10/rosalind-franklin/.

  “Why Do People Commit Murder?” ACS Distance Education. https://www.acs.edu.au/info/behaviour/behavioural-disorders/psychopaths-and-murderers.aspx.

  Yong, Ed. “Dangerous DNA: The Truth About the ‘Warrior Gene.’” New Scientist. April 7, 2010. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627557-300-dangerous-dna-the-truth-about-the-warrior-gene/.

  Chapter 2: Childhood and Adolescence

  Barker, Eric. “Interview with FBI Profiler Jim Clemente.” Barking Up the Wrong Tree. October 2013. https://www.bakadesuyo.com/2013/10/fbi-profiler/.

  Benecke, M. “Two Homosexual Pedophile Sadistic Serial Killers: Jurgen Bartsch (Germany, 1946–1976) and Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos (Colombia, 1957).” Journal of Psychology & Psychotherapy 7, no. 5 (2017). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271848016_Two_homosexual_pedophile_sadistic_serial_killers_Jurgen_Bartsch_Germany_1946_-_1976_and_Luis_Alfredo_Garavito_Cubillos_Colombia_1957.

  Bonn, Scott A. Why We Love Serial Killers: The Curious Appeal of the World’s Most Savage Murderers. New York: Skyhorse, 2014.

  Bonn, Scott A. “The Zodiac and Other Thrill Killers.” Psychology Today. September 21, 2015. https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/wicked-deeds/201509/the-zodiac-and-other-thrill-killers.

  Bretherton, I. “The Origins of Attachment Theory: John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth.” Developmental Psychology 28, no. 5 (1992): 759–775. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.28.5.759.

  Brody, Paul. Son of Sam: A Biography of David Berkowitz. Golgatha, 2016.

  Brückweh, Kerstin. “Fantasies of Violence. German Citizens Expressing Their Concepts of Violence and Ideas about Democracy in Letters Referring to the Case of the Serial Killer Jürgen Barts (1966-1971).” Crime, Histoire & Sociétés / Crime, History & Societies 10, no. 2 (2006): 53-81. http://www.jstor.org/stable/42708653.

  The Dangerous Few. Documentary film. 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auQc9_wb76Y.

  “Gilles de Rais: History’s First Serial Killer?” In Encyclopedia Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/story/gilles-de-rais-historys-first-serial-killer.

  Greene, Melissa Fay. “30 Years Ago, Romania Deprived Thousands of Babies of Human Contact.” The Atlantic. June 30, 2020. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/07/can-an-unloved-child-learn-to-love/612253/.

  Krupić, D., S. Ručević, and S. Vučković. “From Parental Personality over Parental Styles to Children Psychopathic Tendencies.” Current Psychology (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00676-6.

  Marono, A., S. Reid, E. Yaksic, and D. Keatley. “A Behaviour Sequence Analysis of Serial Killers’ Lives: From Childhood Abuse to Methods of Murder.” Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 27, no. 1 (2020) 126–137. https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2019.1695517.

  Marshall, John J. “Aaron Campbell: Some Social Workers in Denial about Child Psychopaths.” Scotsman. April 2, 2019. https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/aaron-campbell-some-social-workers-denial-about-child-psychopaths-dr-john-j-marshall-1420786.

  Mitchell, H. and M. Aamodt. “The Incidence of Child Abuse in Serial Killers.” Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology 20, no. 1 (2015): 40-47. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02806705.

  Moor, Paul. Jürgen Bartsch: Selbstbildnis eines Kindermörders. Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, 2003.

  Murderers and Their Mothers. Television series. Featuring Elizabeth Yardley. Released May 16, 2016. https://www.cbsreality.tv/uk/shows.php?title=murderers+and+their+mothers.

  Nolen, Jeannette L. “Bobo Doll Experiment.” In Encyclopedia Britannica. Article published October 6, 2009. https://www.britannica.com/event/Bobo-doll-experiment.

  Norris, J. Serial Killers. Smithfield, NSW: Gary Allen, 2002.

  Ressler, Robert K. and Tom Shachtman. Whoever Fights Monsters. New York: St. Martin’s, 2002.

  Tymula, A., L. Rosenberg Belmaker, A. Roy, L. Ruderman, K. Manson, P. Glimcher, and I. Levy. “Adolescents’ Risk-taking Behavior Is Driven by Tolerance to Ambiguity.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109, no. 42 (2012): 17135-17140. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1207144109.

  Walker, Shaun. “Thirty Years On, Will the Guilty Pay for Horror of Ceaușescu Orphanages?” Guardian. December 15, 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/15/romania-orphanage-child-abusers-may-face-justice-30-years-on.

  Zeanah, C., N. Fox, and C. Nelson. “The Bucharest Early Intervention Project.” Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 200, no. 3 (2012): 243–247. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e318247d275.

  Chapter 3: Insanity

  American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5, 5th edition. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, 2013.

  Asokan, T. V. “Daniel McNaughton (1813–1865).” Indian Journal of Psychiatry 49, no. 3 (2007): 223–224. https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.37328.

  Carey, Benedict. “Are Mass Murderers Insane? Usually Not, Researchers Say.” New York Times. November 8, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/health/mass-murderers-mental-illness.html.

  Charatan, F. “Mother Who Drowned Her Five Children Is Granted a Retrial After Witness Gave False Evidence.” BMJ 330, no. 112 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7483.112-b

  Eftimiades, Maria. Sins of the Mother. New York: St. Martin’s, 1995.

  Evans, Gareth. “How Credible Are Lie Detector Tests?” BBC News. October 4, 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45736631.

  Feuerstein, S., F. Fortunati, C. A. Morgan, V. Coric, H. Temporini, and S. Southwick. “The Insanity Defense.” Psychiatry (Edgmont) 2, no. 9 (2005): 24–25.

  Lati, Marisa. “She Captivated the Nation by Saying a Black Man Kidnapped Her Sons. Police Knew She Killed Them.” Washington Post. October 25, 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/10/25/she-captivated-nation-by-saying-black-man-kidnapped-her-sons-police-knew-she-killed-them/.

  McLellan, Faith. “Mental Health and Justice: The Case of Andrea Yates.” Lancet 368, no. 9551 (2006): 1951–1954. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(06)69789-4.

  Miller, Laurence. Criminal Psychology. Springfield: Charles C Thomas, 2012.

  Mugshots. “A Mother’s Madness: Andrea Yates.” Television episode. Aired October 28, 2002.

  Pogrebin, M., R. Regoli, and K. Perry. “Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity: A Research Note.” International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 8, no. 2 (1986): 237–241. https://doi.org/10.1016/0160-2527(86)90038-5.

  “Postpartum Psychosis.” 2021. NHS. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/post-partum-psychosis/.

  “Preacher Said He Tried to Save Yates’ Family.” ABC News. March 27, 2002. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=126222&page=1.

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  Spencer, Suzy. Breaking Point. New York: Diversion, 2002.

  Chapter 4: Misogyny

  Baker, Peter C. “Hunting the Manosphere.” New York Times. June 13, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/magazine/hunting-the-manosphere.html.

  Barbaro, Michael. “Listen to ‘The Daily’: Mental Health and Mass Shootings.” New York Times. February 23, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/podcasts/the-daily/gun-access-mentally-ill.html.

  Beauchamp, Zack. “Incel, the Misogynist Ideology That Inspired the Deadly Toronto Attack, Explained.” Vox. April 25, 2018. https://www.vox.com/world/2018/4/25/17277496/incel-toronto-attack-alek-minassian.

  Bosman, Julie, Kate Taylor, and Tim Arango. “A Common Trait Among Mass Killers: Hatred Toward Women.” New York Times. August 10, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/us/mass-shootings-misogyny-dayton.html.

  Cecco, Leyland. “Toronto Van Attack Suspect Says He Was ‘Radicalized’ Online by ‘Incels.’” Guardian. September 27, 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/27/alek-minassian-toronto-van-attack-interview-incels.

  Du
riesmith, David, Shannon Zimmerman, and Luisa Ryan. “Recognizing the Violent Extremist Ideology of Incels.” Women in International Security Policy Brief. September 2018. https://www.academia.edu/37532571/Recognizing_the_Violent_Extremist_Ideology_of_Incels.

  Franco, Joseph. “Preempting Incel-Inspired Violent Extremism in Asia.” Australian Institute of International Affairs. July 30, 2020. https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/preempting-incel-inspired-violent-extremism-in-asia/.

  Hoffman, Bruce and Jacob Ware. “Incels: America’s Newest Domestic Terrorism Threat.” Lawfare. January 12, 2020. https://www.lawfareblog.com/incels-americas-newest-domestic-terrorism-threat.

  “Incels (Involuntary Celibates).” Anti-Defamation League. 2021. https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/incels-involuntary-celibates.

  Lewis, Helen. “To Learn About the Far Right, Start With the ‘Manosphere.’” The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/08/anti-feminism-gateway-far-right/595642/.

  Manne, Kate. Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women. New York: Crown, 2020.

  Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.

  Springer, Andrew. “The Secret Life of Elliot Rodger.” ABC News. 2015. https://abcnews.go.com/US/fullpage/secret-life-elliot-rodger-24322227.

  Tolentino, Jia. “The Rage of the Incels.” New Yorker. May 15, 2018. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-rage-of-the-incels.

  Wright, Jennifer. “Why Incels Hate Women.” Harper’s Bazaar. April 27, 2018. https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a20078774/what-are-incels/.

  Chapter 5: Cults

  American Psychiatric Association. “Cautionary Statement for Forensic Use of DSM-5.” In Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5, 5th edition. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, 2013.

  Bainbridge, William Sims and Rodney Stark. “Cult Formation: Three Compatible Models.” Sociology of Religion 40, no. 4 (1979): 283–295. https://doi.org/10.2307/3709958.

  Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses. Documentary film. Directed by David Stubbs. Netflix. Released July 27, 2015. https://www.netflix.com/title/80126016.

  “Borderline Personality Disorder.” Mind. 2021. https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/borderline-personality-disorder-bpd/about-bpd/.

  “Borderline Personality Disorder.” National Institute of Mental Health. 2021. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/borderline-personality-disorder/index.shtml.

  Butler A. C., G. Brown, A. T. Beck, and J. R. Grisham. “Assessment of Dysfunctional Beliefs in Borderline Personality Disorder.” Behaviour Research & Therapy 40, no. 10 (2002): 1231–1240. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0005-7967(02)00031-1.

  Collins, Glenn. “The Psychology of the Cult Experience.” March 15, 1982. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/15/style/the-psychology-of-the-cult-experience.html.

  Conroy, J. Oliver. “An Apocalyptic Cult, 900 Dead: Remembering the Jonestown Massacre, 40 Years On.” Guardian. November 17, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/17/an-apocalyptic-cult-900-dead-remembering-the-jonestown-massacre-40-years-on.

  Goodman, Felicitas D. The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel, illustrated edition. Resource Publications, 2005.

  Guinn, Jeff. The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018.

  Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle. Documentary miniseries. Directed by Shan Nicholson and Richard Lopez. Storyville for the BBC, 2020. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07y21yw.

  Kaplan, David E. and Andrew Marshall. The Cult at the End of the World. New York: Crown, 1996.

  Latson, Jennifer. “The Jonestown Massacre Remembered.” Time. November 18, 2014. https://time.com/3583781/jonestown-massacre/.

  Lester D. “The Role of Irrational Thinking in Suicidal Behavior.” Comprehensive Psychology 1, no. 8 (2012). https://doi.org/10.2466/12.02.07.16.CP.1.8.

  Metraux, Daniel. Aum Shinrikyo and Japanese Youth. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1999.

  “Overview: Borderline Personality Disorder.” NHS. July 17, 2019. https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/borderline-personality-disorder/overview/.

  Reiterman, Tim. Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People. New York: Tarcher Perigee, 2008.

  Salande, J. D. and D. Perkins. “An Object Relations Approach to Cult Membership.” American Journal of Psychotherapy 65, no. 4 (2011): 381–391. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2011.65.4.381

  Scheeres, Julia. A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Jonestown. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012.

  Yardley, E., D. Wilson, and A. Lynes. “A Taxonomy of Male British Family Annihilators.” The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 53, no 2 (2014): 117–140. https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12033.

  Chapter 6: Relationships

  Arrigo, B. A. and A. Griffin. “Serial Murder and the Case of Aileen Wuornos: Attachment Theory, Psychopathy, and Predatory Aggression.” Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 22 (2004): 375–393. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.583.

  Barr, G. A., S. Moriceau, K. Shionoya, K. Muzny, P. Gao, S. Wang, and R. M. Sullivan. “Transitions in Infant Learning Are Modulated by Dopamine in the Amygdala.” Nature Neuroscience 12 (2009): 1367–1369. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2403.

  Champagne, F. A. and M. J. Meaney. “Transgeneration Effects of Social Environment on Variations in Maternal Care and Behavioral Response to Novelty.” Behavioral Neuroscience 121, no. 6 (2007): 1353–1363. https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7044.121.6.1353.

  Cheney, M. The Co-Ed Killer: A Study of the Murders, Mutilations, and Matricide of Edmund Kemper III. Goodreads Press, 2017. Kindle.

  Chesney-Lind, Medna. The Female Offender: Girls, Women, and Crime. Thousand Oaks: SAGE, 1998.

  Cresswell, Kim. Edge of Madness: The Story of Joseph Kallinger. KC Publishing, 2017.

  Davis, Carol A. Couples Who Kill. Allison & Busby, 2006.

  Federoff, J. P., A. Fishell and B. Federoff. “A Case Series of Women Evaluated for Paraphilic Sexual Disorders.” The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality 8, no. 2 (1999): 127–140. https://www.thefreelibrary.com/A CASE SERIES OF WOMEN EVALUATED FOR PARAPHILIC SEXUAL DISORDERS.-a058410760.

  Fox, James A. and Jack Levin. The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder, 3rd edition. Thousand Oaks: SAGE, 2006.

  Friskics-Warren, M. K. HYBRISTOPHILIA 12. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1994.

  Gaudenti, S. “Female Sex Offenders: Breaking the Mold the Hard Way.” In Sex Crimes & Paraphilia, edited by E.W. Hickey, 361–367. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.

  Gavin, H. “Evil or Insane? The Female Serial Killer and Her Doubly Deviant Femininity.” In Transgressive Womanhood, edited by M. Hedenborg White & B. Sandhoff, 49–60. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2014.

  Glatt, John. The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin Siblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue. New York: St. Martin’s, 2020.

  Gurian, E.A. “Explanations of Mixed-sex Partnered Homicide: A Review of Sociological and Psychological Theory.” Aggression and Violent Behavior 18, no. 5 (2013): 520–526. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2013.07.007.

  Hazelwood, R., J. Warren, and P. Dietz. “Compliant Victims of the Sexual Sadist.” Australian Family Physician 22, no. 4 (1993): 474–479. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8481110/.

  Hickey, Eric. Serial Murderers and Their Victims, 7th edition. Cengage Learning, 2015.

  Hoffman, Jan. “Do Serial Killers Just Stop? Yes. Sometimes.” New York Times. April 26, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/health/serial-killers-golden-state.html.

  Hofer, Myron A. The Roots of Human Behavior. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1981.

  Johnston, Joni E. “Partners in Crime.” Psychology Today. January 20, 2014. https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-human-equation/201401/partners-in-crime#.

  Keene, Louis. and Mathew Haag. “13 Siblings, Some Shackled to Beds, Were Held Captive
by Parents, Police in California Say.” New York Times. January 15, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/us/siblings-captive-california.html.

  Krizan, Z. and A. D. Herlache. “The Narcissism Spectrum Model: A Synthetic View of Narcissistic Personality.” Personality and Social Psychology Review 22, no. 1 (2018): 3–31. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868316685018.

  Lo, R. and J. Rosewood. The Toolbox Killers: A Deadly Rape, Torture & Murder Duo. CreateSpace Publishing, 2017.

  MacKinnon, Catharine. Toward a Feminist Theory of State. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989.

  Mann, C.R. When Women Kill. Albany: State University of New York, 1996.

  Margaritoff, Marco. “Doreen Lioy Was a Successful Editor—But She Gave It All Up to Marry a Serial Killer.” All That’s Interesting. January 16, 2021. https://allthatsinteresting.com/doreen-lioy.

  McGowan, P. O., A. Sasaki, A. C. D’Alessio, S. Dymov, B. Labonté, M. Szyf, G. Turecki, and M. J. Meaney. “Epigenetic Regulation of the Glucocorticoid Receptor in Human Brain Associates with Childhood Abuse.” Nature Neuroscience 12, no. 3 (2009): 342–348. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2270.

  Mina, Denise. “Why Are Women Drawn to Men Behind Bars?” Guardian. January 13, 2003. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jan/13/gender.uk.

  Moriceau, S. and R. M. Sullivan. “Maternal Presence Serves as a Switch Between Learning Fear and Attraction in Infancy.” Nature Neuroscience 9, no. 8 (2006): 1004–1006. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1733.

  Money, John. Lovemaps: Clinical Concepts of Sexual/Erotic Health and Pathology, Paraphilia, and Gender Transposition in Childhood, Adolescence, and Maturity. New York: Prometheus, 1986.

  Ramsland, Katherine. “Women Who Love Serial Killers.” Psychology Today. April 20, 2012. https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/shadow-boxing/201204/women-who-love-serial-killers.

  Ramsland, Katherine. “Mur-Dar, the Dark Side of the Sixth Sense.” Psychology Today. February 26, 2014. https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/shadow-boxing/201402/mur-dar-the-dark-side-the-sixth-sense.