Citation

Paanila J, Eronen M, Hakola P, Tiihonen J. J. Forensic Sci. 2000; 45(2): 390-391.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Kuopio, Niuvanniemi Hospital, Finland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10782958

Abstract

There are no published studies concerning the effect of mortality rate on the rate of homicide by habitually violent offenders. On the basis of nation-wide statistics in Finland, the frequency of homicide is 61% lower among 50-year old males than among 30-year old males. However, when the 4.9-fold mortality of habitually violent offenders is taken into account, the homicide rate is only 43% lower among 50-year old males than among 30-year old males. This is an important issue in forensic psychiatry and that requires further attention, as age is used a predictive factor when assessing the risk of violent behavior.

Language: en