When She Was Bad...: Violent Women and the Myth of Innocence by Pearson, Patricia - 1997

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Viking Adult, 1997-10-01. Hardcover. Good. 6x1x9.

Viking Books, 1997. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Viking Adult, 1997-10-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Viking, 1997. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Used Book: Trade Paperback Standard used condition. Reading copy or better.

New York: Viking, 1997. 1st. . Hardcover. Fair/Very Good. FAIR/VERY GOOD. Spine slightly cocked and lightly bumped at head, page edges lightly dusty and foxed, previous owner name; highlighting, underlining and notes in text. Jacket bumped at head of spine, Size: 8vo

New York: Viking. Hardcover. 1997. 1st Edition. 8vo 288pp . Fine in Fine DJ. A large letter 'P' is rubber stamped on front endpaper .

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, Inc., 1997. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Our culture, argues award-winning journalist Patricia Pearson, is in denial of women's innate capacity for aggression. We deny that women batter their husbands. We forget that the statistics prove that children in America are abused mostly by women. We ignore the 200 percent increase in crime by women during a period in which most crime statistics are dropping. Instead, we transform female violence into victimhood by citing PMS, battered wife syndrome, postpartum depression as the sources of women's actions.WHEN SHE WAS BAD tells the stories of such women as Karla Homolka, who raped and killed three women, including her own sister, then blamed it on battered wife syndrome; Dorothea Puente, who murdered several elderly tenants in her boardinghouse before attracting any attention; and Marti Salas-Tarin, an ex-con who runs a halfway house for… Read More

Viking Adult. New in New dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0670859257 . This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in new condition with no discernible wear. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "Drawing on criminological, anthropological, and psychiatric research, an award-winning writer demolishes the idea that women are innately passive, delving into the stories of female child-killers, murderers, and criminals."; 9.1 X 6.1 X 1.2 inches; 304 pages .

New York : Viking Penguin, 1997. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 288 pages; Description: viii, 288 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Violence in women --Case studies --Women --Psychology --Abusive women --Aggressiveness --Violent crimes. Publisher's review copy with promotional material loosely inserted.