Women who kill: A comparison of the psychosocial background of female and male perpetrators

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-383

  Yourstone, Jenny ^a   Lindholm, Torun ^a   Kristiansson, Marianne ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Female perpetrators; Homicide; Psychosocial background

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGED; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE; WOMEN;

EID: 49749141425     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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