RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Mortality Rates of Males Who Commit Parricide or Other Violent Offense Against a Parent
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 212
OP 220
VO 38
IS 2
A1 Anu Liettu
A1 Liisa Mikkola
A1 Hannu Säävälä
A1 Pirkko Räsänen
A1 Matti Joukamaa
A1 Helinä Hakko
YR 2010
UL http://jaapl.org/content/38/2/212.abstract
AB Clinical information on parricidal offenders has accumulated in recent decades. The purpose of this study was to examine and compare the mortality of matricidal and patricidal offenders in detail by using a comprehensive national data set with follow-up ranging from 3 to 24 years. The sample included forensic psychiatric examination statements and mortality data of 99 matricidal, 113 patricidal, and 111 control male violent offenders evaluated in a forensic psychiatric examination from 1973 to 2004 in Finland. The Standardized Mortality Ratio among parricidal offenders 25 to 49 years of age was increased compared with that of the general population. One-third of deaths among parricidal offenders were attributable to suicide. The matricidal males who committed suicide had a significantly shorter survival time after the offense than did the patricidal and control offenders who died by suicide. The results of the present study are compared with the previous study findings on parricidal offenders and offenders in general.