Medico-Legal Evaluation of Adolescent Parricide Offenders: Thirty Nine Cases from Turkey

An Archival Exploration of 19th-Century American Adult Female Offender Parricides

“…They noted that most matricides were almost exclusively carried out by sons, that female offenders killed their mothers in 16% of parricide incidents, their fathers 13% across a twenty-three year period in the United States. They posited that female offender parricides were perhaps the rarest form of parricide, a finding that is corroborated in previous and current works (Bourget et al, 2007;Buyuk et al, 2011;Rodway et al, 2011). D'Orban andO'Conner (1989) further noted that female matricidal offenders tended to be middle-aged women who killed their elderly mothers while offenders who were less than middle-age tended to kill younger victims, often in the context of a longstanding conflict and abuse.…”

“…Previous works suggest that offspring who abuse their parents have been either victims or witnesses to domestic violence in the home (Buyuk et al, 2011;Ibabe & Jaureguizar, 2010;Walsh & Krienert, 2009;Walsh et al, 2008); such findings suggest that the source of child-to-parent violence originates within the context of intimate partner relations, which the offspring learn. That's why there are parallels between abusive mates, abusive parents, and abusive offspring that other scholars have noted (Browne, 1987;Walker, 2000).…”

“…In addition to the canonic typology of adolescent parricide offenders, the extant works provide trends across time, demographic characteristics of victims and offenders (Heide, 1993a;Heide & Petee, 2007a;Hillbrand et al, 1998;Shon & Targonski, 2003), the weapons used in the crime (Heide, 1993b;Heide & Petee, 2007b), and an implicit rationale of offenders' motivation (Buyuk, Kurnaz, Eke, Ankarali, & Oral, 2011;Heide, 1992;Liettu, Mikkola, Saavala, Rasanen, Joukamaa, & Hakko, 2010;Malmquist, 2010;Mones, 1991;Palermo, 2010), but also highlight three major shortcomings. First, Heide's (1992) typology describes only the parricides committed by juveniles.…”

Thoughts on Child Murders in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus: Systematic Review Study

“…Büyük, Kurnaz, Eke ve ark., parisid olgularının genellikle 12-18 yaş aralığındaki erkek ergenler tarafından işlendiğini tespit etmişlerdir. 55 Ateşli silahların ve bıçakların cinayet aleti olarak kullanıldığı ve parisid olgularında uzun süreli aile içi fiziksel istismarın varlığının söz konusu olduğunu ifade etmişlerdir. Olgu 4, çifte parisid ve intihar olgusu olarak değerlendirilmiştir.…”

Parricide in Thailand: Its Causes, Characteristics, and Factors

“…Parricide is more frequently committed by males, with fathers being more likely to be the victim than mothers (Bourget et al, 2007; Heide, 2013; Heide & McCurdy, 2010; Myers & Vo, 2012; Shon & Roberts, 2010). Across the world, the weapons used by perpetrators are predominantly guns to kill the father (62%) and knives to kill the mother (27%) (Buyuk et al, 2011; Heide, 2013). The location of such murders is usually a residence of the family (Anthony, 2014; Campion et al, 1985; Green, 1981; Heide, 2013; Mulvey et al, 2006).…”