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

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

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

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

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 women just out of prison. Pearson… Read More

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.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Viking Adult, 1997-10-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!