Psychology 3313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Filicide, Machiavellianism, Personality Disorder

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3313
• Professor: Janes

Document Summary

You are most likely to be killed by someone you know. More homicides in north/west canada, fewest in east. Males commit most murders and are murdered more often than females. Females are more likely to be killed by partner. More likely to occur to children who are not genetically related (stepchildren) More likely to kill children when they"re infants. Within 24 hours of a child born to a young mother. More likely to kill children at an older age. Less likely to be mentally ill and more likely to abuse alcohol. Men are much more likely to kill their wives. Women often kill because they claim to fear for themselves or for their children. Men are more likely to commit suicide afterwards. Often times there is a pattern of aggressive behavior beforehand (domestic violence) Impulsive, driven by emotion in response to some kind of provocation. Psychopaths are more likely to commit this type of aggression than non-psychopaths.