Citation

Diamond BL. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 1975; 45(4): 712-722.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1975, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1180350

Abstract

Psychiatrists frequently maintain that the death penalty may encourage rather than deter, the commission of homicide and other violent crimes. However, there is a dearth of case reports in the literature to substantiate this belief. One such history is offered, of a man who committed three murders and attempted a fourth, hoping thereby to be executed by the state. His death wish was fulfilled.

Language: en