title: Diagnostic patterns among three violent offender types.
abstract: The promulgation of effective prevention and treatment strategies for the complex behavioral acts that constitute rape and homicide awaits the availability of reliable etiological data, including diagnostic data. This article endeavors to enhance that database by providing a comparison of the diagnostic presentations of three offender groups--murderers, rapists, and rapists who murder their victims.
authors.affiliation: Division of Forensic Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento 95817, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Yarvis
mesh_terms: D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D002140:California; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010378:Pedophilia / Q000523:psychology; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology*; D012448:Sadism / Q000523:psychology