Dangerous Women By Larry Morris

In the book Dangerous Women: Why Mothers, Daughters, and Sisters Become Stalkers, Molesters, and Murderers, the author Larry Morris, a forensic clinical psychiatrist, attempts to answer that question. Dr. Morris has written four books within the psychological discipline and has been in private practice for several decades. In the book, Mr. Morris explores the behavior of women who behave sexually inappropriate and those who engage in deadly behaviors such as murder. Dr. Morris makes the convincing and aggregable argument that it is not only thoughtless but it is dangerous for us as a society to ignore the idea of dangerous women.

At times, throughout the book, Morris makes comments that I find to be offensive, inconsiderate and infuriating.

I found the question to be suitable for the contents of the book, but then again when he asks who needs protection? I became somewhat guarded and enraged. Initially, I veered towards the easy answer, and resonated that the victim is the one who needs protection. Yet, as I thought about it more I realized he was presenting the argument that people who molest others are often the victims themselves of some type of sexual molestation and they also may need help and protection within the justice and mental health system. The school of theory for this book focuses on how and why more women are becoming treacherous criminals. If their motives were better understood, perhaps it would provide insight as to how to prevent such heinous acts from happening. The perspectives include how sociological and psychological factors contribute to decision of a woman to commit murder and engage in sexual assaults. Mr. Morris is diverse in the topics he covers involving women and acts of sexual violence and murder. The book includes women who kill and molest their children, teachers who molest their students, and women who commit crimes to impress their