Parricide: A comparative study of matricide versus patricide

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 306-312

  Bourget, Dominique ^a,b,d   Gagné, Pierre ^b,c   Labelle, Mary Eve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Coroner ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d ROYAL OTTAWA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LAW; MATRICIDE; PARRICIDE; PATRICIDE; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUEBEC;

EID: 35348838399     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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