PARTNERS IN CRIME.

HOMICIDE; CONTROL (Psychology); CRIMINAL psychology; INTERPERSONAL relations; RESEARCH; PARAPHILIAS; SPOUSES; VIOLENCE; FAMILY conflict; PSYCHOLOGY

The article explores the psychological make-up of serial killers and their co-conspirators. It explores the partnership of Karla Homolka from St. Catharines, Ontario and her husband Paul Bernardo in the serial rape and killing of young women around Scarborough, Ontario to characterize how a dominant predator, such as a sexual sadist, can take full psychological, physical and moral control of the partner in order for her to become a willing accomplice to a crime.