Major mental disorders, gender, and criminological circumstances of homicide

Stéphane Richard-Devantoy (1) , Anne-Isabelle Bouyer-Richard , Raphaël Gourevitch (2) , Fabrice Jollant (3) , Jean-Pierre Olie (4) , Marie-Chantal Bourdel (5) , Jean-Paul Lhuillier , Olivier Beauchet (6) , Cédric Annweiler (7)

1 Department of Psychiatry [Montréal]
2 CPOA - Centre Psychiatrique d’Orientation et d’Accueil
3 PSNREC - Neuropsychiatrie : recherche épidémiologique et clinique
4 U894 / UMS 1266 - Institut de psychiatrie et neurosciences
5 Physiopathologie des Maladies Psychiatriques, Développement et Vulnérabilité
6 Département de Médecine Interne et Gérontologie clinique
7 LPPL - Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire

To examine the criminological circumstances of homicide in a group of French murderers with and without major mental disorders (MMD) stratified by the perpetrator's gender.

Keywords: Homicide; Major mental disorder; Gender; Criminology; Profiling

Domains: Psychiatrics and mental health

Stéphane Richard-Devantoy, Anne-Isabelle Bouyer-Richard, Raphaël Gourevitch, Fabrice Jollant, Jean-Pierre Olie, et al.. Major mental disorders, gender, and criminological circumstances of homicide. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2016, 39, pp.117-124. ⟨10.1016/j.jflm.2016.01.014⟩. ⟨hal-03345535⟩