| Title |
Filicide: Mental Illness in Those Who Kill Their Children
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, April 2013
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0058981 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sandra M. Flynn, Jenny J. Shaw, Kathryn M. Abel |
| Abstract |
Most child victims of homicide are killed by a parent or step-parent. This large population study provides a contemporary and detailed description of filicide perpetrators. We examined the relationship between filicide and mental illness at the time of the offence, and care received from mental health services in the past. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 67 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 15 | 22% |
| Spain | 6 | 9% |
| United States | 5 | 7% |
| Japan | 2 | 3% |
| Ireland | 2 | 3% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 34 | 51% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 55 | 82% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 10% |
| Scientists | 5 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 203 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 200 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 27 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 23 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 10% |
| Other | 16 | 8% |
| Other | 41 | 20% |
| Unknown | 50 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 56 | 28% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 34 | 17% |
| Social Sciences | 17 | 8% |
| Linguistics | 7 | 3% |
| Arts and Humanities | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 22 | 11% |
| Unknown | 60 | 30% |