Captured by true crime: Why are women drawn to tales of rape, murder, and serial killers? Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1(1), 81-86. doi:10.1177/1948550609355486 https://doi.org/10.117
Vicary and Fraley, Social Psychological and Personality Science 1(1), 2010, 81-86. Studies 1 and 2 analysed readers' actual book choices: women gravitated toward true crime, men toward other violent genres. Studies 3 to 5 altered features of true crime stories to see which women found most engaging. Authors interpret through evolutionary perspectives on aggression and homicide.
Vicary and Fraley, Social Psychological and Personality Science 1(1), 2010, 81-86. Studies 1 and 2 analysed readers' actual book choices: women gravitated toward true crime, men toward other violent genres. Studies 3 to 5 altered features of true crime stories to see which women found most engaging. Authors interpret through evolutionary perspectives on aggression and homicide.
Written from the abstract.
What our sources record
Recorded when this source was checked, figures included, with page references and quotation marks removed.
Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R. C. (2010). Captured by true crime: Why are women drawn to tales of rape, murder, and serial killers? Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1(1), 81-86. doi:10.1177/1948550609355486 https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550609355486