Mental disorders of male parricidal offenders: A study of offenders in forensic psychiatric examination in Finland during 1973-2004

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 96-103

  Liettu, Anu ^a   Säävälä, Hannu ^a   Hakko, Helinä ^a   Räsänen, Pirkko ^a   Joukamaa, Matti ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Criminal responsibility; Matricide; Mental disorders; Parricide; Patricide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FINLAND; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 59349109015     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0419-9     Document Type: Article

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