Preventing filicide in families with autistic children
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This article examines risk factors of filicide in families with autistic children and discusses prevention strategies. The author, maintaining filicide rates have risen among families with developmentally disabled children, argues family physicians and other heathcare providers should be diligent in the diagnosis of parental stress and provide social and psychological support.
Publication Name: International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0306-624X
Year: 2003
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A classification of sexual homicide against men
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Ten cases of sexual murderers of adult male victims that lead to the identification of important differences between the type of sexual murders and sexual murderers of adult female victims are presented. The three distinctive types namely the avenger, the sexual predator and the nonsexual predator are given.
Publication Name: International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0306-624X
Year: 2007
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Ritual homicide during dissociative trance disorder
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A case report of a man who developed a single period of recurrent episodes of dissociative trance disorder during a family stress is described.
Publication Name: International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0306-624X
Year: 2004
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