There is no substantial examination on homicides committed by women or an assessment giving an explanation of why they chose to murder people. Part of the explanation is attributed to existing literature focusing on justifiable and excusable homicide, or women who kill their abusive partners because they have been battered, fear that their lives are in danger, or are otherwise victimized (Arrigo & Griffin, 2004). Women that commit homicides does not receive hardly any relevance in literature. Men, on the other hand, get more attention because they are more inclined to kill. This article uses a case study that analyzing Aileen Wuornos, a serial killer who was executed in October 2002 at the Broward Correctional Institution in Pembroke Pines,
