Citation

Somasundaram O. Indian J. Psychiatry 1980; 22(3): 288-294.

Affiliation

Professor of Psychiatry, Madras Medical College, Madras-600 010, Tamil Nadu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, Medknow Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22058483

PMCID

PMC3013218

Abstract

The murder trials of 1968 in Tamil Nadu totalling 526 are studied and assessed on the pattern of the U. K. Home Office study. The results showed that there were six psychotic murderers, 16 murderers who attempted suicide, 483 'normal' male murderers, 20 female murderers and 6 youthful murderers. Age, sex, method of killing and motives of the murderers are discussed. The implications of the study with reference to the penal institutions and prevention of crime are dealt with.

Language: en