Paternal Filicide: A Study of 10 Men

Filicide: A comparative study of maternal versus paternal child homicide

“…Individuals are not sent to the hospital for observation when there are no apparent reasons to assume that psychopathological factors were involved in the offence. Those sent to an observation hospital are already thought to deviate psychologically from other accused persons (Farooque and Ernst, 2003;Haapasalo and Petäjä, 1999;Husain and Daniel, 1984;Marleau, 1995;Marleau et al, 1999;McGrath, 1992). This might have caused an overrepresentation of pathological fi licides in our sample as well as an underrepresentation of accidental fi licides.…”

“…Dubé et al, 2005;Léveillée et al, 2007), most studies focus on the characteristics of either male or female perpetrators (Bourget and Bradford, 1990;Campion et al, 1988;D'Orban, 1979D'Orban, , 1990Malmquist, 1980;Marks and Kumar, 1996;Marleau et al, 1999;McGrath, 1992;Oberman, 2003;Somander and Rammer, 1991). Our aims in this study were to examine both maternal and paternal fi licide and attempted fi licide, comparing victim, offence and perpetrator characteristics.…”

Doding gevolgd door zelfdoding in Nederland

“…Tevens wijst de literatuur uit dat het copycat-effect het sterkst is wanneer het geslacht en de te kiezen methode van de gepubliceerde zelfdoding overeen komen (Niederkrotenthaler e.a., 2009;Fu and Yip, 2009). In tal van publicaties wordt doding-zelfdoding als een apart type zelfdoding gezien, waarin de dader het slachtoffer 'meeneemt' in de eigen dood (Marleau, Poulin, Webanck, Roy & Laporte, 1999;Messing & Heeren, 2004). Vanuit dit perspectief vormt doding-zelfdoding geen apart gedragskundig fenomeen, maar louter een variatie op zelfdoding.…”

Health care professionals' role in preventing child homicides in the context of domestic violence

“…Factors such as an actual or pending separation between the couple, perpetrator unemployment, psychological instability, and substance abuse were all identified in domestic homicide cases that involved the death of a child (30). Websdale identified a history of child abuse, domestic violence within the family, and prior family involvement with agencies as antecedents to domestic homicide involving a child victim (31).…”

“…There has been some research that has indicated particular risk factors associated with child victims of domestic homicide (29,30,31). Factors such as an actual or pending separation between the couple, perpetrator unemployment, psychological instability, and substance abuse were all identified in domestic homicide cases that involved the death of a child (30).…”