PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Richard M. Yarvis TI - Diagnostic Patterns Among Three Violent Offender Types DP - 1995 Sep 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 411--419 VI - 23 IP - 3 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/23/3/411.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/23/3/411.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1995 Sep 01; 23 AB - The promulgation of effective prevention and treatment strategies for the complex behavioral acts that constitute rape and homicide awaits the availability of reliable etiological data, including diagnostic data. This article endeavors to enhance that database by providing a comparison of the diagnostic presentations of three offender groups—murderers, rapists, and rapists who murder their victims.