title: Major mental disorders, gender, and criminological circumstances of homicide.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the criminological circumstances of homicide in a group of French murderers with and without major mental disorders (MMD) stratified by the perpetrator's gender.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sociodemographic, clinical, and criminological variables were collected from the psychiatric expert reports of 210 cases of homicide heard at the High Court of Angers, France. Murderers were categorized according to MMD diagnosis and gender.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 210 murderers, 17.6% (n = 37) had a MMD (20% of the female perpetrators). Logistic regression models showed that being a murderer with a MMD was associated with younger age (adjusted Odds Ratio OR = 1.03, P = 0.034), high school education (OR = 2.48, P = 0.036), previous use of psychiatric services (OR = 4.75, P = 0.003), alcohol intoxication (OR = 2.71, P = 0.027), and delusional state (OR = 3.96, P = 0.002) at the time of the homicide. Multiple correspondence analyses showed that female murderers with a MMD were more prone to have depression and to use drowning as a method than those without a MMD, and that male murderers with a MMD more often had a high school education and delusional beliefs at the time of the homicide than those without a MMD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Specific profiles of criminological circumstances of homicide could help to explore the risk of homicide in female and male patients with a MMD.
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Department of Psychiatry & Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Montréal, Québec, Canada; UPRES EA 2646, University of Angers, UNAM, France. Electronic address: richarddevantoy@orange.fr.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Richard-Devantoy
authors.affiliation: Institut Philippe-Pinel de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Anne-Isabelle
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Bouyer-Richard
authors.affiliation: UPRES EA 2646, University of Angers, UNAM, France; Department of Neuroscience, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University Memory Center, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France; Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Parkwood Hospital, St. Joseph's Health Care London, Gait and Brain Lab, Lawson Health Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Cédric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Annweiler
authors.affiliation: INSERM, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire de "Physiopathologie des Maladies Psychiatriques", Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences U894, Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Raphaël
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gourevitch
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Department of Psychiatry & Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jollant
authors.affiliation: INSERM, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire de "Physiopathologie des Maladies Psychiatriques", Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences U894, Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Olie
authors.affiliation: INSERM, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire de "Physiopathologie des Maladies Psychiatriques", Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences U894, Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Marie-Chantal
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bourdel
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Hospital, Sainte-Gemmes sur Loire, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lhuillier
authors.affiliation: UPRES EA 2646, University of Angers, UNAM, France; Department of Neuroscience, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University Memory Center, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Beauchet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication; D057237:Criminals / Q000523:psychology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Criminology; Gender; Homicide; Major mental disorder; Profiling