Murder through insanity: a forensic perspective
Background: Persons with major mental illness (such as schizophrenia) may commit crime under the influence of psychopathology. Case description: A 35 year old man (accused) killed his mother (victim). An autopsy of victim's body revealed the cause of death as ‘due to fatal injuries to the brain...
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| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Archives of Mental Health |
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| Online Access: | http://www.amhonline.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9171;year=2013;volume=14;issue=1;spage=56;epage=59;aulast=Reddy;type=0 |