In this paper the traumatic situation of children witnessing a parent being murdered is
examined. The purposes are to (1) evaluate the psychiatric consequences of such a trauma, in …

Involuntary confinement is the most serious deprivation of individual liberty that a society
may impose. The philosophical justifications for such a deprivation by means of the criminal …

Most professional books on the subject of homicide convey a criminological or legal
standpoint. Homicide: A Psychiatric Perspective complements those approaches by offering a …

AMONG the many unresolved clinical and theoretical problems in medicine, the nature of
depression is in the forefront. Childhood depressions are among the most conspicuous for lack …

Various types of killings occur within family matrices. The news media highlight the dramatic
components, and even novels now use it as a theme. 1 However, a psychiatric …

This article delineates some of the clinical features observed in juveniles who have committed
a homicide. Prodromal signs before the act was committed included behavioral changes, "…

Criminologists contribute to the knowledge regarding the continuing problem of parricide by
way of macrostudies, utilizing large samples that reveal patterns of how such acts are …

Comparing the contemporary situation of neonaticides and infanticides in the United States
with other countries reveals two salient factors: (1) The punishment and disposition exacted …

The attempt to delineate childhood disturbances has been bogged down in disputes about
the conceptual and clinical parameters of childhood depression. Recent efforts to establish …

The author first examines different research approaches for examining the relationship between
depression and homicidal behavior. Following a review of the limitations of such studies…