PSYCHODYNAMICS OF HOMICIDE COMMITTED IN A SEMISPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP

• NCJ Number: 8240
• Journal: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CORRECTIONS Volume: 14 Issue: 4 Dated: (OCTOBER 1972) Pages: 335-344
• Author(s): B M CORMIER; C C ANGLIKER
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: Canadian Criminal Justice Assoc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: Canada

Annotation

CASE STUDIES OF A GROUP OF COMPLEX HOMICIDES IN WHICH THE VICTIMS, WHO WERE STRANGERS TO THEIR ATTACKERS, TRIGGERED MURDEROUS PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTIONS IN THE KILLERS.

Abstract

THE AUTHORS EXAMINE THE PERSONALITIES, TYPES OF MENTAL CONFLICTS, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STATES IN OFFENDERS WHO WERE AROUSED BY THEIR VICTIMS TO MURDER. COMPARISONS ARE MADE BETWEEN THESE OFFENDERS AND OTHER TYPES OF MURDERERS.