title: [Some medico-psychological perspectives on sexual homicides. Three cases].
abstract: While sexual murders are widely reported in the media, there are almost no reports on these major crimes in the French medico-psychological literature. After a brief historical and legal overview, the author discusses the forensic definition of sexual homicides, parent-to-child transmission of sexual violence, the distinction between paraphilic and non-paraphilic sexual offenders, criminal affects, and the classification of aggressors in violent homicides. He confirms that particularly violent murderers may be divided into two psychiatric and behavioral categories. Next, the six main causes of sexual homicide are presented together with three clinical observations of such cases: 1) one with homosexual connotations; 2) another through hate for women; 3) and a third where rage was not specifically directed. Finally, the author concludes that there should be systematic criminologic research in France into sexual murders.
authors.affiliation: Secteur de psychiatrie en milieu pénitentiaire de Bordeaux et Laboratoire de psychiatrie (Professeur J. Tignol) de l'Université de Bordeaux II.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bénézech
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005602:France; D006252:Hate; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology*; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008297:Male; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence
vernacular_title: De quelques perspectives médico-psychologiques sur les homicides sexuels. Présentation de trois observations.