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- Title
Post-offence characteristics of 19th-century American parricides: An archival exploration.
- Authors
SHON, PHILLIP C.; ROBERTS, MICHAEL A.
- Abstract
Using archival records from the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune, 1851–1899, the current project examines the post-offence characteristics of 19th-century American parricides. Post-offence behaviours of 100 parricide offenders were gathered. Results indicate that post-offence behaviours of parricide offenders can be thematically classified into those that reflect a continuity of violence, attempts to cover up the crime, and unusual behaviours. The implications of post-offence behaviours of parricide offenders in the context of law, mental illness, and criminological theory are discussed. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY; CRIMINAL investigation; PARRICIDE; CRIME scenes; CRIME scene searches; PREDICTION of criminal behavior
- Publication
Journal of Investigative Psychology & Offender Profiling, 2008, Vol 5, Issue 3, p147
- ISSN
1544-4759
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jip.85