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Characteristics of repeat killers in Sweden
Author(s) -
ADLER HANS,
LIDBERG LARS
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
criminal behaviour and mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1471-2857
pISSN - 0957-9664
DOI - 10.1002/cbm.1995.5.1.9
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , personality disorders , psychology , personality , medicine , clinical psychology , psychoanalysis
Twenty‐one repeat killers in Sweden are described. Their victims were rarely strangers. Stabbing was the convenient means of killing. The perpetrators were often involved in other violent activity. The majority suffered from personality disorders. Many were addicted to drugs or alcohol; 10% suffered from schizophrenia. Most of the men had difficult childhoods and came from large families. Many were foreign nationals.