分析了105起由女性犯下的大规模谋杀案
Ragy R Girgis1, Dung Hoang1, Hannah Hesson1
1Department of Psychiatry, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Journal of forensic sciences
|September 12, 2024
概括
女性大规模杀人犯不太可能使用枪支,但更可能患有精神病症状并准家庭成员. 超过一半的人试图自杀,这凸显了大规模杀戮中的性别差异.
科学领域:
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 法医心理学 法医心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 大规模谋杀的研究主要集中在男性犯罪者身上.
- 妇女实施的大规模谋杀案的代表性不足,通常仅限于案例研究.
研究的目的:
- 综合分析女性实施的大规模谋杀的特征.
- 为了确定大规模谋杀事件中的性别差异.
主要方法:
- 分析了全球1715起因个人原因的大规模谋杀事件 (1900-2019).
- 纳入标准:至少有三起死亡事故 (不包括犯罪者),任何方法.
- 数据来源于英语数据库和出版物.
主要成果:
- 确定了由女性实施的105起 (6%) 事件.
- 女性犯罪者与男性没有显著的年龄/种族差异.
- 女人使用枪支的可能性较低 (48%对男人的70%).
- 在女性中,精神病 (25.7%对12.5%) 和精神病/神经病 (29.5%对17.1%) 的患病率更高.
- 超过50%的女性犯罪者试图自杀.
- 超过75%的女性犯罪事件涉及家庭成员作为受害者.
结论:
- 在大规模谋杀中存在明显的性别差异.
- 调查结果表明,女性大规模谋杀案中存在独特的动态,需要进一步调查.
- 洞察力可以为针对大规模暴力的有针对性的干预政策提供信息.
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