title: Confirmatory research on the assessment of murderers.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of West Florida, Pensacola 32514- 5751, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piotrowski
mesh_terms: 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*