Confirmatory research on the assessment of murderers.
Prior research, from the psychodynamically oriented literature, characterizes homicidal offenders as impulsive, vulnerable to stress, with difficulties in emotional control, particularly anger. In 1995 Coram reported Rorschach data from a sample of murderers which tentatively support earlier findings. This paper argues that confirmatory data from measures which objectively assess emotional states and behaviors could elucidate this issue.
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Department of Psychology, University of West Florida, Pensacola 32514- 5751, USA.
D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011594:Psychometrics; D012392:Rorschach Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*