Paternal filicide: A study of 10 men

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-63

  Marleau, Jacques D ^a   Poulin, Bernard ^b   Webanck, Thierry ^b   Roy, Renée ^b   Laporte, Line ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

Familicide; Paternal filicide; Psychiatric patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0032972309     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674379904400107     Document Type: Article

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