Toward a Better Understanding of the Psychosocial Issues and Different Profiles of Male Filicides
| Autor: | Suzanne Léveillée, Carolanne Vignola-Lévesque |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent 050109 social psychology Education Developmental psychology Young Adult 0502 economics and business medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Abuse General Psychology Motivation Public health Mental Disorders 05 social sciences Infant Newborn Quebec Infant Middle Aged Child Preschool Business Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) Female Psychology Homicide Psychosocial 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of psychology. 154(7) |
| ISSN: | 1940-1019 |
| Popis: | Violence against children is a major public health concern and involves significant consequences. However, compared to research on the impact of violence on children, far less is known about the perpetrators of violence against children. The present study aimed to evaluate the psychosocial characteristics and motives of perpetrators of filicide in order to identify their psychosocial profile. Our study analyzed 50 perpetrators of filicides committed in the province of Quebec between 1997 and 2012. Data was obtained from the Office of the Chief Coroner of Quebec, and additional information were retrieved from newspapers. Descriptive analyzes identified the sociodemographic, criminological, psychological-psychiatric characteristics and the motivations of these men. The results indicate that male perpetrators of filicide are, on average, 34.8 years old ( |
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