Analysis of a Female Serial Killer When we read or hear of violent acts, it is socially accepted that they are committed by men, while women and children are the ones who seem to suffer from the violent acts. When women commit violence, we naturally tend to explain their behavior as an act of defense, mental illness or it was involuntary act. The idea of a woman serial killer is beyond the common thought, yet out of every six serial killers, one is a woman, based on American crime statistics (Hickey, 1986).
DESCRIPTION OF THE CRIME: Juana Barraza is accused of killing at least 12 elderly women and attempting to kill a victim. She has been given the name The Old Lady Killer (Mataviejitias). Police reports have various estimates of the true …show more content…
Also, she had wrestled for 13 years, making it possible she had some brain injuries or abnormalities.
BACKGROUND OF THE PERPETRATOR: Born on December 27, 1957 in Hidalgo, a rural area of Mexico, Juana Barraza lived in an extremely poor neighborhood with only her mother, step brother and step sister. Barraza's mother was a maid, but also a heavy alcoholic abuser who often traded her daughter to be sexually abused so she can get alcohol. Barraza had to also play the mother role, she took care of her younger siblings, she never went to school and was not allowed to leave the house. Her mother abused her both verbally and physically. Barraza reports that when she was around 12 years old, her mother gave her off to an unfamiliar man for three beers, she was raped and sexually assaulted as she had lived with this man for 15 months. She later had a son from outside the abusive relationship. She was brought in to live with her step-uncle with her baby and had little contact with her mother even though they shared the same …show more content…
Her wrestling name was The Silent Lady (La Dama Del Silencio). When asked about her name, Barraza responded with, "I have always been a quiet person, and I only speak when spoken to". She had been a wrestler for 13 years and then became an organizer of wrestling competitions (Ostrosky-Solís, 2008).
I chose this person to be my research paper because I have never heard of this female serial killer and I believe the points of view regarding the different theories will be a very interesting take.
Sources:
Hickey EW(1986) The Female Serial Murderer 1800-198. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology 2: 72-81.
Ostrosky-Solís, F., Vélez-García, A., Santana-Vargas, D., Pérez, M. and Ardila, A. (2008), A Middle-Aged Female Serial Killer. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 53: 1223–1230.
DESCRIPTION OF THE CRIME: Juana Barraza is accused of killing at least 12 elderly women and attempting to kill a victim. She has been given the name The Old Lady Killer (Mataviejitias). Police reports have various estimates of the true …show more content…
Also, she had wrestled for 13 years, making it possible she had some brain injuries or abnormalities.
BACKGROUND OF THE PERPETRATOR: Born on December 27, 1957 in Hidalgo, a rural area of Mexico, Juana Barraza lived in an extremely poor neighborhood with only her mother, step brother and step sister. Barraza's mother was a maid, but also a heavy alcoholic abuser who often traded her daughter to be sexually abused so she can get alcohol. Barraza had to also play the mother role, she took care of her younger siblings, she never went to school and was not allowed to leave the house. Her mother abused her both verbally and physically. Barraza reports that when she was around 12 years old, her mother gave her off to an unfamiliar man for three beers, she was raped and sexually assaulted as she had lived with this man for 15 months. She later had a son from outside the abusive relationship. She was brought in to live with her step-uncle with her baby and had little contact with her mother even though they shared the same …show more content…
Her wrestling name was The Silent Lady (La Dama Del Silencio). When asked about her name, Barraza responded with, "I have always been a quiet person, and I only speak when spoken to". She had been a wrestler for 13 years and then became an organizer of wrestling competitions (Ostrosky-Solís, 2008).
I chose this person to be my research paper because I have never heard of this female serial killer and I believe the points of view regarding the different theories will be a very interesting take.
Sources:
Hickey EW(1986) The Female Serial Murderer 1800-198. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology 2: 72-81.
Ostrosky-Solís, F., Vélez-García, A., Santana-Vargas, D., Pérez, M. and Ardila, A. (2008), A Middle-Aged Female Serial Killer. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 53: 1223–1230.