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#219 - Women Who Kill: A Dialogue with Marissa Harrison
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#219 - Women Who Kill: A Dialogue with Marissa Harrison

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Marissa Harrison about female serial killers. They discuss media sensationalizing serial killers, morbid curiosity, and defining serial killers. They talk about the average profile of a female serial killer, motives for female serial killers, and mental illness. They discuss psychopathy, PCL-R, and the need for improved mental health services. They also talk about neurobiology of serial killers, future research, and many other topics.

Marissa Harrison is a research psychologist and Associate Professor of psychology at Penn State Harrisburg. She has her PhD in Biopsychology (Evolutionary Psychology) from the University of Albany. Her primary research areas are in serial murder and human sexuality. She is the author of the book, Just As Deadly: The Psychology of Female Serial Killers.

Website: https://www.justasdeadly.com/

Twitter: @mharrisonpsu

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