Homicide: A Psychiatric Perspective

by Carl P Malmquist MD

The book offers a clinical understanding unique in the literature, combining psychiatric knowledge of homicidal behavior with actual case material. It provides insight into such concerns as epidemiology, the difficulty of predicting homicidal behavior in psychotic individuals, and the contrasting viewpoints of psychiatry and the legal system.

463 pages, Paperback

First published March 24, 2006

Reviews

[Michael Brady · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grim stuff, but well laid out.