NCJ Number
17809
Date Published
1974
Length
196 pages
Annotation
PSYCHIATRIC CASE FILES AND INTERVIEW RESULTS FOR 200 MURDERERS WERE COMPARED TO DEDUCE COMMON FACTORS AND TO GAIN INSIGHT INTO THE MENTALITY OF MURDERERS.
Abstract
ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY OF THIS BOOK DESCRIBES THE MORE PSYCHIATRICALLY ABNORMAL CASES, THE PRELIMINARY CHAPTERS CLASSIFY THESE 200 MURDERERS BY NINETEEN DEMOGRAPHIC AND PSYCHIATRIC FACTORS. THESE INCLUDE HISTORY OF VIOLENT CHILD REARING, HISTORY OF DAMAGING EARLY ENVIRONMENT, RELATIONSHIP OF PERPETRATOR TO VICTIM, INTERACTION BETWEEN PERPETRATOR AND VICTIM, METHOD OF HOMICIDE, PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS PRIOR TO, AT TIME OF, AND SUBSEQUENT TO THE MURDER, PREMEDITATION, AND CLASSIFICATION OF SUPEREGO. THESE FACTORS ARE WEIGHTED ONLY BY SIMPLE PERCENTAGES AND ARE NOT INTER-CORRELATED.