@article{ref1,
title="Youthful familicidal offenders: targeted victims, planned attacks",
journal="Journal of family violence",
year="2017",
author="Viñas-Racionero, Rosa and Schlesinger, Louis B. and Scalora, Mario J. and Jarvis, John P.",
volume="32",
number="5",
pages="535-542",
abstract="A nonrandom national sample of 16 familicides, which involved 19 offenders (ages 14 to 21 years) who either killed or made a serious attempt to kill their families, was studied. The majority of offenders were Caucasian (78.91 %) males (84.21 %) with interpersonal family conflicts due to parental control, substance use, or physical violence. Prior to the murders, 50 % of the offenders reported to others their intent to kill their families. All of the 42 reported victims were specifically targeted and most of the homicides were planned shooting attacks (75 %) rather than spontaneous eruptions. Immediately following the homicides, 75 % of the offenders stole money from their families, and in 50 % of the cases they either called their friends to report the murders or to plan leisure activities. All offenders were immediate suspects and 81.25 % confessed to the homicides. Implications for furthering our understanding of this group of young offenders are offered.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0885-7482",
doi="10.1007/s10896-016-9836-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-016-9836-9"
}