MURDER IN TAMIL NADU(A Study of Murder Trials of 1968)1

The murder trials of 1968 in Tamil Nadu totalling 526 are studied and assessed on the pattern of the U. K. Home Office study. The results showed that there were six psychotic murderers, 16 murderers who attempted suicide, 483 ‘normal’ male murderers, 20 female murderers and 6 youthful murderers. Age...

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Autor principal: Somasundaram, O.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1980
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3013218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22058483
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Sumario:The murder trials of 1968 in Tamil Nadu totalling 526 are studied and assessed on the pattern of the U. K. Home Office study. The results showed that there were six psychotic murderers, 16 murderers who attempted suicide, 483 ‘normal’ male murderers, 20 female murderers and 6 youthful murderers. Age, sex, method of killing and motives of the murderers are discussed. The implications of the study with reference to the penal institutions and prevention of crime are dealt with.

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