Neuropsychological and Criminological Features of Female Homicide Offenders.

Autor: Fox JM; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 710 North Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, IL, 60611., Brook M; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 710 North Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, IL, 60611., Heilbronner RL; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 710 North Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, IL, 60611.; Chicago Neuropsychology Group, 333 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1801, Chicago, IL, 60601., Susmaras T; Gundersen Health System, Neuropsychology, 1900 South Avenue, La Crosse, WI, 54601., Hanlon RE; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 710 North Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, IL, 60611.; Neuropsychological Associates of Chicago, 645 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 803, Chicago, IL, 60611.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of forensic sciences [J Forensic Sci] 2019 Mar; Vol. 64 (2), pp. 460-467. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Sep 19.
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13911
Abstrakt: Few studies have examined life history and cognitive characteristics unique to female homicide offenders. Understanding these characteristics could aid in risk assessment for extreme violence in this group of offenders. The current study utilized t-tests or chi-square tests to compare 27 female and 81 male homicide offenders on psychiatric, neurologic, criminal, and cognitive characteristics. Additionally, we explored the role of abuse history in female offenders through Kruskal-Wallis or Fisher's exact tests. Results indicate that in comparison with male counterparts, females are more likely to have history of mood disorder, borderline personality disorder, and abuse. Cognitively, female homicide offenders exhibit circumscribed cognitive impairment in verbal abilities and perform similarly to male homicide offenders across most cognitive tasks. Within the female offender group, history of sexual abuse is associated with higher rates of impulsive homicide and poorer verbal abilities. These findings provide preliminary evidence for distinct factors associated with homicide in women.
(© 2018 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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