PSYC 3402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Familicide, Cognitive Restructuring, Murder 3
6 Apr 2017
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Case study: suzanne killinger-johnson: was a physician with a psychotherapy practice in toronto, she had a history of depression while in medical school at the uni of western. On: she had a successful marriage, a flouring career, and supportive family and friends. Inmate partner homicide occur in canada, typically involving wives as victims. Nature of violence in canada: different types of violent crimes are committed, homicide, attempted homicide, sexual assault, assault, robbery, criminal harassment, uttering threats, terrorism. Homicide classifications: to help us understand the nature of homicide, it is often useful to classify the crime into types, different classification systems exist. Legal classification: 1st degree: homicide that is planned and deliberate, 2nd degree: homicide that is not first degree. Infanticide: killing of a new born by mother: manslaughter: death resulting from a heat of passion or through criminal negligence. Motive classifications: reactive (affective): homicides characterized as impulsive, unplanned, immediate, driven by negative emotions; occurring in response to perceived provocation.
