Citation

Coid JW. Psychol. Med. 1983; 13(4): 855-860.

Comment In:

Psychol Med 2009;.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6607479

Abstract

A comparison of the homicide rate of mentally abnormal offenders and murderers who subsequently commit suicide, from a range of different populations, shows a uniform consistency when compared with the overall rates. 'Laws' are proposed which govern the rates within these subgroups in comparison with the population as a whole and which determine fluctuations. Qualitatively different psychiatric and sociological factors are thought to account for these findings and require further elucidation.

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