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“Romantic Love and Attachment Styles—biological behavior systems,” About.com.

“Psychological Theories about Dynamics of Love,” About.com.

Soul Mate

“To Meet Your Soul Mate, You Must Meet Your Soul,” Efraim Eisen, M.F.C.T., and Rosalie Eisen, M.Ed., Jewish Lights Publishing, 2002.

“Soul Mates,” About.com.

“Soul Mate Truths and Tips to Make the Most of Your Love Life,” About.com.

“Your Soul Mate–Lover in the Wings, or Exquisite Mirage?” Ana Arias Terry,
Conscious Choice,
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Psychology Today,
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The Secret Life of the Unborn Child,
Tomas Verny, M.D., with John Kelly, Dell Publishing, 1981.

Fairy Tales and Romantic Fantasy

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“The Princess Syndrome,” The Age Company, Ltd., August 2004.

“Fairy Tale Romance—What’s the Appeal?”
Romantic Times
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Feminism and Fairy Tales,
Karen E. Rowe, Broadview Press, 2002.

“Beware Romantic Fantasy,”
The New Intimacy: Discovering the Magic at the Heart of Your Differences,
Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski, Toxic Communication, Inc., 1997.

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Evolutionary Perspective

“Love, Sex & Natural Selection,”
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ETRAYAL
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BANDONMENT
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ILLER

“Suburban Madness,”
Texas Monthly,
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“Jury slaps Harris with 20 years,”
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“Clara Harris: The Woman Who Ran Over Her Cheating Husband,”
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The Oprah Winfrey Show,
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Crimes of Passion,
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Addiction to Love,
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The Dangerous Passion,
David M. Buss, The Free Press, 2000.

“The Evolution of Jealousy: Did Men and Women, Facing Different Selective Pressures, Evolve Different ‘Brand’ of Jealousy? Recent Evidence Suggests Not,”
American Scientist,
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The Dark Side of Close Relationships,
edited by Brian H. Spitzberg, William R. Cupach, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998.

Breaking Hearts,
Roy F. Baumeister and Sara R. Wotman, Guilford Press, 1992.

Why We Love: The Nature of Chemistry and Romantic Love,
Helen Fisher, Henry Holt and Company, 2004.

When She Was Bad,
Patricia Pearson, Viking, 1997.

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ONTROL
K
ILLER

The Surgeon’s Wife,
Keiran Crowley, St. Martin, 2001.

“Police charge a surgeon murdered wife in ’85,”
The New York Times,
December 9, 1999.

“In trial without a body, prosecutors put a theory on video,”
The New York Times,
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“Surgeon convicted of murdering wife,”
The New York Times,
October 25, 2000.

“Doctor gets 20 years to life for the murder of his wife,”
The New York Times,
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“Dermatologist faces arraignment today in wife’s fatal shooting,”
The Boston Globe,
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“Sharpe behavior fits pattern in insanity cases but defense strategy remains under wraps,”
The Boston Globe,
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“Sharpe’s wife reared for life affidavit cites ‘unstable’ nature,”
The Boston Globe,
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“Doctor details Sharpe’s ‘disintegration,’ says killer unable to stop himself,”
The Boston Globe,
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“Tacoma police chief dies after shooting wife, self,”
The Seattle Times,
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“Records reveal Brame failed 1981 mental exam,”
The Seattle Times,
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“Portrait of a marriage: Crystal Brame feared her angry, controlling husband,”
The Seattle Times,
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“Official blocked release of rape complaint against Brame,”
The Seattle Times,
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“Brame’s psychological profile reveals reservations, warnings,”
The Seattle Times,
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“Crystal Brame told assistant chief of threats, notes show,”
The Seattle Times,
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Intimate Violence,
Joseph Scalia, Columbia University Press, 2002.

“When Women Find Love Is Fatal,”
The New York Times,
February 15, 2002.

“Dynamics of Partner Violence and Types of Abuse and Abusers,” Glenda Kaufman Kantor and Jana L. Jasinski, Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, 1998.

“Predictors of Domestic Violence Homicide of Women,”
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July 2003.

Dangerous Relationships,
Noelle Nelson, Insight Books, 1997.

“The Broken Mirror: A Self Psychological Treatment Perspective for Relationship Violence,” David B. Wexler, American Psychiatric Association, April 1999.

Criminal Profiling,
Brent Turvey, Academic Press, 2002.

“Losing Control,” Holly Johnson and Tina Hotton,
Homicide Studies,
vol. 7, no. 1, February 2003, Sage Publications.

“Homicide Followed by Suicide,”
Centre for Suicide Prevention SIEC Alert
is a publication of the Centre for Suicide Prevention.

“Murder Followed by Suicide in Australia, 1973–1992: a research note,” Jo Barnes,
Journal of Sociology,
2002.

“Separation, Divorce and Violence Against Women by Male Partners: Some Canadian examples,” Aysan Sev’er, University of Toronto at Scarborough, March 2002.

“The Broken Mirror: A Self Psychological Treatment Perspective for Relationship Violence,” David B. Wexler, Ph.D.,
Journal of Psychotherapy Practice,
April 1999.

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OCIOPATHIC
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ILLER

“The Longo killings: A trail of crimes,”
The Oregonian,
January 12, 2002.

“Psychologists say Longo fits chilling profile,”
The Oregonian,
January 18, 2002.

“Tourists recall Longo’s boasts, carefree ways,”
The Oregonian,
January 23, 2002.

“Charmer becomes Murder Defendant,”
Detroit Free Press,
January 26, 2002.

“Court documents in Longo case detail killings, disposal of bodies,”
The Oregonian,
March 23, 2002.

“Longo recalls his family’s final days in interview,”
The Oregonian,
December 3, 2002.

“Officials: Ex-Iowan killed family for wild lifestyle,”
Daily Iowan,
March 12, 2003.

“Longo says that pride kept him from asking for financial help,”
The Oregonian,
March 27, 2003.

“Longo jury will begin deliberations Monday,”
The Oregonian,
April 4, 2003.

“Longo defense draws doubts,”
The Oregonian,
April 6, 2003.

“Victim’s sister helps state wrap up its case seeking death for Longo,”
The Oregonian,
April 11, 2003.

“Longo condemned to die,”
The Oregonian,
April 17, 2003.

“Prosecutors: Mark shot her,”
Salt Lake Tribune,
August 10, 2004.

“Marriage a façade, but Lori was saint,”
Deseret Morning News,
October 3, 2004.

“I intentionally shot Lori Hacking,”
Salt Lake Tribune,
April 16, 2005.

“The Hour of His Reckoning,”
People,
April 18, 2005.

“Tearful ending—Mark Hacking gets 6-life prison term,”
Deseret Morning News,
June 7, 2005.

“Psychopathology and Antisocial Personality Disorder: A Journey Into the Abyss,” from www.omicidiseriali.it/disorder.htm.

“Antisocial Personality, Sociopathy and Psychopathy,” from
http://faulty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/428/4281ect16.htm

The Fifty Minute Hour,
Robert Lindner, Other Press, 2002.

Without Conscience,
Robert D. Hare, Ph.D., Guilford Press, 1999.

“Romeo’s Bleeding When Mr. Right Turns Out to Be Mr. Wrong,” OBGYN.net, 1996–2005.

“Domestic Aggression and Traumatic Brain Injury,” Deborah Bryon, M.A., LPC, 4therapy.com network, inc., 2004.

“Motives, Malignant Needs, a Father’s Entitlement,”
Court TV,
Crime Library.

“The Profile: Feelings and Relationships,”
Frontline:
the Execution, 1995–2000, WGBH Educational Foundation.

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IDOW
/P
ROFIT
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ILLER

“Georgia woman faces life in prison after two men die of antifreeze poisoning,” Court TV.

“Expert: Second dose of poison killed firefighter,” Court TV, May 13, 2004.

“Wife found guilty of killing husband with antifreeze,” Court TV, May 14, 2004.

“Woman who killed husband with antifreeze indicted for boyfriend’s death,” The Associated Press, October 5, 2004.

“Prosector: Woman in troubled marriage wanted husband dead,” The Associated Press, January 13, 1999.

“Hricko friend describes plan,”
The Washington Times,
January 15, 1999.

“Woman convicted of killing husband during Valentine’s weekend,” CNN.com, January 16, 1999.

“Woman sentenced to life in prison in husband’s Valentine’s murder,” The Associated Press, March 19, 1999.

“Kimberly Michelle Hricko
v.
State of Maryland,”
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, September 1999.

Female Crime and Delinquency,
Coramae Richey Mann, University of Alabama Press, 1984.

“Violence in Dulcet Tones,” Court TV, Crime Library.

“Domestic Homicide of Male Spouses by Females,” Lt. Cynthia T. Ferguson, CNM, MSN, Forensic Nurse, Virgo Publishing, Inc., 2004.

“The Story of Valentine’s Day,”
www.holidays.net/amore/story.html

Murder Most Rare: The Female Serial Killer,
Michael D. Kelleher and C. L. Kelleher, Dell, 1999.

When She Was Bad: Violent Women and the Myth of Innocence,
Patricia Pearson, Viking, 1997.

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“Rabbi’s ex-lover recounts affair,”
Philadelphia Daily News,
October 23, 2002.

“2 testify rabbi wanted wife dead,”
Philadelphia Daily News,
October 24, 2002.

“Hit man retells slaying of rabbi’s wife,”
Philadelphia Daily News,
November 2, 2002.

“Jury finds rabbi guilty in murder plot,”
The New York Times,
November 21, 2002.

“Rabbi convicted of killing wife gets life sentence,”
Philadelphia Inquirer,
January 17, 2003.

“Sins of the Rabbi,”
ABC News 20/20,
April 11, 2003.

“Investigative report: Why husbands kill their wives,”
The Oprah Winfrey Show,
April 1, 2004.

“3 guilty in N.H. Killing, agree to testify in widow’s trial,”
The Boston Globe,
January 30, 1991.

“Smart is found guilty,”
The Boston Globe,
March 23, 1991.

“Pam Smart’s lover, accomplice in murder, sentenced to 28 years,” The Associated Press, August 19, 1992.

“Did she love Billy Flynn? Pam Smart tells TV show,”
The Union Leader,
January 19, 1995.

“Pamela Smart: An Interview with a life prisoner,”
ABC News Primetime Live,
July 12, 1995.

Malignant Self Love—Narcissism Revisited,
Sam Vaknin, Narcissus Publication, 2005.

Essential Papers on Narcissism,
edited by Andrew P. Morrison, M.Dm, New York University Press, 1986.

Horoscope Analysis, ivillage.com, 2005.

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ILLER

“Peterson found guilty of killing pregnant wife,”
Los Angeles Times,
November 13, 2004.

“The Peterson case,”
San Francisco Chronicle,
March 18, 2005.

“The Laci Peterson Case,” Courttv.com.

“Cased closed,” Cumberlink.com, January 1, 2005.

“Is Warwick grad a hit man?”
Lancaster New Era,
October 1, 2003.

“Ex-Lititz resident convicted in murder scheme,”
Lancaster New Era,
April 20, 2004.

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