Parricides: Characteristics of offenders and victims, legal factors, and treatment issues

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-190

  Hillbrand, Marc ^a,b   Alexandre, Jason W ^c   Young, John L ^a,b   Spitz, Reuben T ^d  

^a Young Adult Services   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^d YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduct disorder; Homicides; Parricides

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; VICTIM;

EID: 0032958444     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-1789(97)00056-6     Document Type: Article

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