Citation

Jaśkiewicz-Obydzińska T, Wach E. Prob. Forensic Sci. 2000; 44: 154-167.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Institute of Forensic Research Publishers)

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Abstract

In the paper a psychological expert opinion is presented, prepared at the behest of the Prosecutor's Office. The aim of the opinion was to determine the suicide motives of a man who, it was suspected, had killed his wife and 6-month-old daughter a few days previously, and also to ascertain possible motives for the double homicide. An analysis of the data collected during the investigation enabled the authors to recreate a psychological profile of the man and to explain the mechanisms of the disorders in his social functioning, which, in the context of his life situation, led to acts of aggression and self-aggression.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; aggression; article; case report; Dissociative disorders; expert witness; homicide; human; hysteria; male; motivation; Motives for homicide; Motives for suicide; Psychological profile of a deceased person; psychologist; social status; suicide; Victimology