Schizophrenia disorders, substance abuse and prior offending in a sequential series of 435 homicides

Gender differences in homicide offenders

Gender differences in homicide offenders' criminal career, substance abuse and mental health care. A nationwide register-based study of Finnish homicide offenders 1995–2004

✍ Hanna Putkonen; Ghitta Weizmann-Henelius; Nina Lindberg; Tuija Rovamo; Helinä Hä 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 128 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract **Background** It is generally considered that women who kill are more likely to have a psychiatric disorder than their male counterparts, but as a relatively small group, women are much less often studied than men in this context. **Aim** To explore gender differences in the psychosoc