RT Article
T1 Parricide in England and Wales (1977–2012): An exploration of offenders, victims, incidents and outcomes
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 17
IS 5
SP 568
OP 587
A1 Holt, Amanda
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1741050952
AB The killing of one’s parents is a neglected area in criminological scholarship, particularly in the UK, and this article presents the first national analysis of parricide in England and Wales. It draws on data from the Home Office Homicide Index to examine all recorded cases of parricide over a 36-year period and examines the characteristics of offenders, victims, incidents and court outcomes. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to two particular dominant theoretical ideas within the field: the role of mental illness in parricide, and the notion that there are distinct forms of violence against parents that can be organized along dimensions of chronological age (i.e. juvenile/adult offender) and whether the violence is fatal (i.e. parricide) or non-fatal. The article concludes with a discussion of its wider implications for future research.
K1 Homicide Index
K1 Matricide
K1 Parricide
K1 Patricide
K1 Violence
DO 10.1177/1748895816688332