Differences between homicide and filicide offenders; results of a nationwide register-based case-control study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Putkonen, Hanna ^a   Weizmann Henelius, Ghitta ^a   Lindberg, Nina ^b   Eronen, Markku ^a   Häkkänen, Helinä ^c,d  

^a VANHA VAASA HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d National Bureau of Investigation Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FILIXIC ACID; FINLAND; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GUILT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; ADDICTION; AGE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 67650074104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-9-27     Document Type: Article

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