| Homicidal behaviour among people with avoidant, dependent and obsessive-compulsive (cluster C) personality disorder. | |
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PMID: 23147941 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: Despite a growing forensic psychiatry literature, no previous study has examined in detail homicidal behaviour among offenders with cluster C personality disorders - the avoidant, dependent or obsessional personality disorders. AIMS: This study aims to compare homicide offenders with cluster C personality disorders with those with other personality disorders on criminal history, offender-victim relationship and post-offence reaction variables. METHODS: The sample was drawn from all Finnish homicide cases of 1996-2004 for whom a forensic psychiatric evaluation had been conducted. Data were extracted from forensic psychiatric and crime reports. RESULTS: In a nationwide sample of 593 homicide offenders, 21 had at least one cluster C personality disorder. These offenders had significantly shorter criminal histories than the others. Offender-victim relationship did not differ between the groups, but confession to the crime and feelings of remorse were more common among people with cluster C disorders. In addition, compared with other personality disorder clusters, co-morbid depression was more common. CONCLUSIONS: Cluster C personality disorders are rare, but not nonexistent, among homicide offenders. Observed differences in their backgrounds and post-offence behaviours indicate that they may have special needs. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Taina Laajasalo; Mikko Ylipekka; Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-11-13 |
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Title: Criminal behaviour and mental health : CBMH Volume: - ISSN: 1471-2857 ISO Abbreviation: Crim Behav Ment Health Publication Date: 2012 Nov |
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Created Date: 2012-11-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9309668 Medline TA: Crim Behav Ment Health Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 9, 00014, Finland; Forensic Center for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland. taina.laajasalo@helsinki.fi. |
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