Where females were the offenders, the emotional and irrational nature of the crime were outlined whereas for males the violence was made to seem ‘normal.’ Words such as ‘unnatural’ ‘unfeminine’ and ‘sadistic’ are boldly written in newspaper headlines when describing crimes committed by females, their appearances and lifestyles, unlike their male counterparts, are also of major interest. Eric Hickey (Magma, 2002) speaks of female killers and describes them, "These are the quiet killers, every bit as lethal as their male counterparts, but we are seldom aware of them in our midst because of the low visibility of their killing." Tracie Andrews is a former glamour model that was jailed for life for stabbing her fiancé Lee Harvey with a penknife. Andrews appealed for witnesses to come forward as she insisted her partner had been the victim of a road rage incident. At the time of the murder the main focus of the newspapers were on Tracie’s physical appearance (Marsh and Melville, 2009) with headlines such as ‘former model Tracy Andrews’ and ‘blonde Tracy Andrews’ the Sun newspaper also had the headline ‘Death Quiz Tracy in Glamour Poses’ subsequent to her arrest for the murder.
Pickton sex drive is what initiated this story. Secondly, he did not have sexual encounter with one woman, but with many of them. This indicates the increase of sex drive and proves that Pickton actions were based on the drive theory since the theory states that drive tends to increase over a period of time. Another way of examining this case using drive theory is the drive Pickton had to kill them. Since most of the women’s were prostitutes and drug addicts and because of such personality, their status is tarnished among the society and this may have been Pickton attempt to eliminate them.
A phrase that is often associated with serial murderers is "cold-hearted," yet Aileen Wuornos was anything but. In fact, it was her quest for the love that had eluded her all of her life that led to her commit her undeniably horrendous acts. One can spend countless hours searching for and ruminating on possible reasons that led Aileen to the achieved status of "serial murderer." Though one may
The Murdered Women of Juarez The perception of the city of Juarez has changed from a city of prosperity and greatness, to a city of murder and crime. Perception is the way one views the world. Perception can lead to happiness and unhappiness depending on one’s point of view. For example, the authorities’ point of view of the murders is different than the point of view of the victim’s families. In the past twelve years, reasons as to why women are being abducted, tortured, and murdered have ranged from forced prostitution to organ trafficking.
In the play, the two women – Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale- who are only brought along with the sheriff and attorney to retrieve some items for a wife – Mrs. Wright/ Minnie foster- accused for killing her husband –Mr. Wright, are the ones who actually find the evidence to indict the accused. In trifles, the title is ironic as the reader sees what is silly and "trifle" to men, is the key for solving the murder. In a general look at Trifles, a reader can figure right away the roles given to women in that era. Women's roles were mainly reproductive and briefly social.
I believe this is not only true for the women’s stories in this book, but true for all women. It is very hard for to pick one particular story within this book that touched me the most, they were all powerful and had such interesting details. However in chapter two “Prohibition and Prostitution” they speak about how people get away with enslaving and trafficking village girls. The idea is to crush modern slavery, but for political reasons this does not always happen. It is known that crackdowns do exist and with the right help, training and rehabilitations these girls and women can feel they have purpose and worth.
Arguments go back and forth whether capital punishment is “cruel and unusual punishment” because of the torture people on death row go through. Also, people commit murders because of witnesses that see them commit certain crimes. He or she has evidence of the crime an individual has committed and can testify it to the police. Murders happen because people get scared what a certain person might do and the victims are the ones who get hurt. The article presents a good argument for why the death penalty works because it explains the different type of murders that happen to people and the cause of it and why murder rates have gone down.
One may wonder how a husband or a parent can commit crimes such as these. I hope that the reader will have more understanding and knowledge of why and how a loved one can attack merciless. Introduction When someone close to you such as a family member, ex- boyfriend, ex-girlfriend, spouse or a close acquaintance inflicts murder, sexual abuse or stalking on a victim, it is referred as intimate violence. Majority of the times, intimate violence occurs against women and children the most. In essence, victims of intimate violence may be physically injured or threatened with injury unless they comply with the demands of the offender (Meadows, 2010).
Guns are not made for anything else but to kill. “With fewer handguns, there are fewer chances to use them. It is as simple as that” (Isaacson, 162). Women are considered very vulnerable targets’ to criminals. With a handgun they are at least able to have a fighting chance at their attacker.
Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and frightening female characters. In Act 5, it is evident that Lady Macbeth is experiencing somnambulistic attacks, or sleepwalking. She wants to be relieved of her guilt because several suppressed ideas of an emotional nature enter into this scene and are responsible for making her act this way. Lady Macbeth is desperately trying to wash away invisible bloodstains on her hands as it is a reminiscence of her experience with the murder of Duncan. She also refers to the murder of Banquo and Lady Macduff while in her somnambulistic state.