Well, in fact, as opposed to fiction, most women who wind up
in these situations are abuse victims. Crime is a learned
behavior. Look at the background of Aileen Wuornos, who with
the exception of her self image, very much resembles Brigid
O'Shaunassy, and you see how a person like that becomes who
they are. Statisticly, most women who commit murder, any sort
of murder, are victims of child abuse. It does not follow
that all victims of child abuse are criminals. But if you
wanted to create a criminal, abusing that individual as a
child would be an initiating first step. Check the books of
John Douglas, Robert Ressler, or Robert Kepple to verify what
I'm saying. If one wanted to write a comprehensive novel
about a female criminal, they'd at least allude to her
formative experiences. Neither Doyle or Hammett had this in
mind, but it's fair to speculate that these women were abuse
victims before it came into their heads that other people's
lives and property don't really matter in the large scheme of
things.
Patrick King
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funkmasterj@runbox.com wrote:
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> Sent: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:34:27 -0700
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> From: Patrick King <
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> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Spade falling in
love
>
> > These are fictional characters, Jordan. Why
does
> such
> > speculation trouble you? And what exactly do
you
> > disagree with?
> >
>
> speculatively both were probably abused
in
> childhood.
>
> That's the one.
>
> Jordan
>
>
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