Abuses and Distortions in Emotional Processes as Risk Factors for Parricide

Grattagliano, Ignazio; Greco, R.; Vella, Giancarlo Di; Corbi, G; Campobasso, Carlo Pietro; Romanelli, Maria Carolina; Ostuni, Alessio; Petruzzelli, Nicola; Brunetti, Valeria; Cassibba, Rosalinda

doi:10.6000/1929-4409.2015.04.13

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“…It has been speculated that juveniles tend to kill when their parents are defenceless, for example when sleeping (e.g. Grattagliano et al, 2015). Unfortunately, such contextual detail is absent from existing police homicide returns.…”

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Parricide in England and Wales (1977–2012): An exploration of offenders, victims, incidents and outcomes

Holt

2017

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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The killing of one's parents is a neglected area in criminological scholarship, particularly in the UK, and this article presents the first national analysis of parricide in England and Wales. It draws on data from the Home Office Homicide Index to examine all recorded cases of parricide over a 36-year period and examines the characteristics of offenders, victims, incidents and court outcomes. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to two particular dominant theoretical ideas within the field: the role of mental illness in parricide, and the notion that there are distinct forms of violence against parents that can be organised along dimensions of chronological age (i.e. juvenile/adult offender) and whether the violence is fatal (i.e. parricide) or non-fatal. The article concludes with a discussion of its wider implications for future research.

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Parricide in England and Wales (1977–2012): An exploration of offenders, victims, incidents and outcomes

Holt

2017

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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“…In cases of parricide, the equation closes with relief and remorse appears often late. Some authors believe that the closed emotional tension between child and parent is solved through homicide and that is the explanation of relief but remorse often comes later when the criminal faces the law and the social exclusion which means the relief persists in his intrinsic processes but guilt is a product of extrinsic processes that ties the human to the social matrix (Grattagliano et al, 2015).…”

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Mental Illness and Parricide. A Case Report of Patricide

Damian,

Schiopu,

Diac

et al. 2023

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According to world-wide statistics, schizophrenia is the most common mental illness identified in people who commit this type of murder. Also, there are slight associations between matricide which is often committed by the sons and patricide which is often committed by daughters. Most of the perpetrators in cases of parricide are under the age of 30, with adolescents covering a big part of the chart. The age of schizophrenic debut, the psychiatric and social attendance of the patients, the active psychotic symptoms, with hallucinations and paranoid persecution ideas but also, the affective inversion towards close friends and family members are frequently found in people who commit parricide. Also, psychotic symptoms and schizophrenia-like clinical aspects can appear in other mental disorders such as mental retardation, dementia or bipolar disorder. The subject is extremely complex as it has to be understood through the characteristics of the mental illness, the basic family relations, the personality of the victims, and last, but not least, the discernment issue that gives more heaviness to the juridical and social involvements of these cases. We hereby present the case of a 17-year-old girl, from the forensic psychiatric board, diagnosed with mental retardation and psychotic symptoms that murdered her father by multiple strikes in vital areas with blunt and sharp objects. We will assess the familial, social and psychological aspects of the case, revealing the implications of mental illness and forensic psychiatry in law enforcement and social services.

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“…Grattagliano et al ( 31 ) stated that parricide has a strong emotional impact on public opinion. Public opinion on parricide is a combination of fascination and horror ( 12 ).…”

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Emotional reactions and stigmatization after a parricide in South Tyrol, Italy, among mental health professionals and the general population, including persons with mental disorders, relatives, and persons with no direct or indirect contact

Stockner,

Wenter,

Obexer

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionThis study was conducted on the occasion of the parricide in Bolzano (South Tyrol, Italy) in January 2021. The psychological impact of parricide on the general population and on mental health professionals has scarcely been investigated to the present day. Studies on stigmatization show differences between various groups. The aim was to analyze the emotional reactions to the parricide and the stigmatization of persons with mental disorders in the South Tyrolian population.MethodsIn September 2022, 121 mental health professionals of the Department of Psychiatry in Bolzano were surveyed using an online questionnaire. In addition, from January to March 2023, the general population of South Tyrol was invited to take part in the survey through an online-link and was divided into three groups: 267 persons with mental health problems, 855 relatives and 1,019 persons with no direct or indirect contact to people with mental problems. The validated Reported and Intended Behavior Scale (RIBS) was used together with questions on the emotional reactions to the parricide and the perceived dangerousness of psychiatric patients. Descriptive statistics, one-way Anovas as well as regressions were carried out.Results and discussionAll groups experienced sadness the most. Relatives experienced more sadness and anger than the other groups. Over 80% of the professionals stated that psychiatric patients were not at greater risk of committing parricide. The population with no contact rated the risk higher than those affected and had the lowest level of openness (RIBS). There were no differences between genders, but there were age differences, with younger people being more stigmatizing. The results suggest that personal contact, appropriate information, and education are associated with less stigmatization.

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Abuses and Distortions in Emotional Processes as Risk Factors for Parricide

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Parricide in England and Wales (1977–2012): An exploration of offenders, victims, incidents and outcomes

Parricide in England and Wales (1977–2012): An exploration of offenders, victims, incidents and outcomes

Mental Illness and Parricide. A Case Report of Patricide

Emotional reactions and stigmatization after a parricide in South Tyrol, Italy, among mental health professionals and the general population, including persons with mental disorders, relatives, and persons with no direct or indirect contact

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