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Maternal and paternal filicides: a retrospective review of filicides in Finland.
[child syndrome]
The
purpose
of
this
retrospective
study
was
to
illustrate
the
differences
in
maternal
and
paternal
filicides
in
Finland
during
a
25
-
year
period
.
In
the
sample
of
200
filicides
[
neonaticides
(
n
=
56
)
,
filicide-suicides
(
n
=
75
)
,
other
filicides
(
n
=
69
)
]
,
the
incidence
was
5
.
09
deaths
per
100
,
000
live
births
:
59
percent
of
filicides
were
committed
by
mothers
,
39
percent
by
fathers
,
and
2
percent
by
stepfathers
.
The
mean
age
of
the
maternal
victims
(
1
.
6
y
)
was
significantly
lower
than
that
of
the
paternal
victims
(
5
.
6
y
)
,
but
no
correlation
between
the
sex
of
the
victim
and
the
sex
of
the
perpetrator
was
found
,
and
the
number
of
female
and
male
victims
was
equal
.
The
sample
of
other
filicides
(
n
=
65
)
was
studied
more
closely
by
forensic
psychiatric
examination
and
review
of
collateral
files
.
Filicidal
mothers
showed
mental
distress
and
often
had
psychosocial
stressors
of
marital
discord
and
lack
of
support
.
They
often
killed
for
altruistic
reasons
and
in
association
with
suicide
.
Maternal
perpetrators
also
dominated
in
filicide
cases
in
which
death
was
caused
by
a
single
episode
or
recurrent
episodes
of
battering
.
Psychosis
and
psychotic
depression
were
diagnosed
in
51
percent
of
the
maternal
perpetrators
,
and
76
percent
of
the
mothers
were
deemed
not
responsible
for
their
actions
by
reason
of
insanity
.
Paternal
perpetrators
,
on
the
other
hand
,
were
jealous
of
their
mates
,
had
a
personality
disorder
(
67
%
)
,
abused
alcohol
(
45
%
)
,
or
were
violent
toward
their
mates
.
In
18
percent
of
the
cases
,
they
were
not
held
responsible
for
their
actions
by
reason
of
insanity
.
During
childhood
,
most
of
the
perpetrators
had
endured
emotional
abuse
from
their
parents
or
guardians
,
some
of
whom
also
engaged
in
alcohol
abuse
and
domestic
violence
.
The
purpose
of
this
study
was
to
examine
the
differences
between
maternal
and
paternal
filicides
in
a
sample
of
200
cases
in
Finland
.
This
report
also
provides
a
psychosocial
profile
of
the
perpetrator
and
victim
in
65
filicides
and
a
discussion
of
the
influence
of
diagnoses
on
decisions
regarding
criminal
responsibility
.
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