Abuses and Distortions in Emotional Processes as Risk Factors for Parricide

Bibliographic Data

ID12970486
AuthorsIgnazio Grattagliano (0000-0001-5929-5868, University of Bari Aldo Moro, corresponding author), Romy Greco (Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta), Giancarlo Di Vella (0000-0001-7096-8269, University of Turin), Graziamaria Corbi (0000-0002-3441-889X, University of Molise), Carlo Pietro Campobasso (0000-0003-2865-0673, University of Molise), Maria Carolina Romanelli (University of Bari Aldo Moro), Alessio Ostuni (0000-0002-1238-7527, University of Bari Aldo Moro), Nicola Petruzzelli, Valeria Brunetti, Rosalinda Cassibba (0000-0003-0930-3035, University of Bari Aldo Moro)
Year2015
Volume4
Pages128-135
Publication date2015-07-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Criminology and Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1929-4409 • E-ISSN: 1929-4409
PublisherLifescience Global (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.6000/1929-4409.2015.04.13
OpenAlexW2113348841
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited48

Parricide is a rare case of murder having a strong emotional impact on public opinion, especially when it is heinous and perpetrated by minors. Based on the analysis of the judicial files archived at the Minor Penal Institute "N. Fornelli" of Bari, the authors will report three impressive cases perpetrated by minors, by focusing on their emotional features. Differences between the crimes of parricide committed by adults and minors will be highlighted, by analyzing the peculiar relations between the problems underlying parricide and the role played by abuses and maltreatments experienced by minors perpetrating such crime. In particular, attention will be paid to the emotional processes aroused in minor parricide offenders

Criminal court · Criminology · Minor (academic · Political science · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Law · Psychology