Citation

Holcomb WR, Daniel AE. Behav. Sci. Law 1988; 6(3): 429-437.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/bsl.2370060310

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Fifty-two defendants who allegedly killed without apparent motive were compared to 154 homicide defendants with clear motives on demographic and psychiatric variables. Individuals who killed without motive were more likely to have: (1) no history of alcohol abuse: (2) a recent release from prison: (3) claims of amnesia for the crime; and (4) denial of the crime. They also tended to exhibit psychotic behavior following the crime and to be assessed as not guilty of the crime due to mental illness.

Language: en