There are many topics within the field of criminology that could be described as important, current and relevant. One of the least researched and least understood is the phenomenon of female serial killers. There has been a great deal of research conducted regarding male serial killers, their actions, means and motivations, but little in the way of similar research on female serial killers. Female serial killers have often been misunderstood, overlooked, and severely underestimated (Harrison, Murphy, Ho, Bowers, & Flaherty, 2015). Harrison et al. (2015) found that there is a misconception in society that women are incapable of multiple murders, which results in undetermined or unsolved murder cases. This is a deadly mistake considering
