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KMID : 0352519840210010223
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Korea Univercity Medical Journal
1984 Volume.21 No. 1 p.223 ~ p.236
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Psychiatric study of the criminals of murder, violence and non-violence referred from court
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to reveal the characteristic pattern with the use of MMPI according to the types of crime such as murder, violence and non-violence in 123 criminals who had been referred to Seoul Municipal Mental Hospital and Seoul National Mental Hospital to determine criminal responsibility by the judiciary and the prosecution, from 1978 to 1982.
The summary of the results were as follows:
1. The ratio of male and female was 3.7 : 1 in murder group, 3.6 : 1 in non-violence group, but in violence group no female was found.
2. There was significant difference among the mean age of 26.7 in violence group, 30.1 in murder group and 33.9 in non-violence group (F=7.56, p<0.001).
3. As to their residence, 57.5o of murder group, 52.1% of violence group and 47.6% of non-violence group were dwelled in urban area.
4. As to their marital status, 57. 8561 of violence group was unmarried, on the other hand 51.5% of murder group and 51.2% of non-violence group were married.
5. As to their birth order, more than half of all of these three criminal types were earlier born.
6. As to their socio-economic level, more than 60% of all of these three criminal types were belong to the lower class.
7. As to their history of psychiatric treatment, 52.6% of murder group, 35.4% of violence
group, 42.9% of non-violence group have had previous psychiatric treatment.
8. As to their psychiatric diagnosis, 57. 6% of murder group, 50.5% of violence group, 47.6
% of non-violence group were schizophrenia, next was personality disorder.
9. As to the relationship between the victims and perpetrators, 45.5106´ of murder group was
accquainted with the victims, but 54.8% of non-violence group and 45.8% of violence group had quiet strangers as to their, victims, and victims among the three groups was significantly different (x2=17.74, p<0.01).
10. As to the seasons of criminal act, murder group was higher in summer but violence group and non-violence group was higher in spring.
11. As to their location of criminal acts, 42.2% of murder group was own house, 41.7% of
violence group was nearby own house, 59.5% of non-violence group was far from own
house, and location of criminal acts among the three groups was significantly different
(xz=21-305, p<0. 001).
12. MMPI validity scales showed "A" 6-pe in all of these three criminal types, F scale was especially highest score (72.8) in murder group.
13. Murder group scored substantially higer on the the 7 MMPI scales of Hs, D, Pa, Pt, Sc, Ma and Si than violence group and non-violence group, and Sc scale among the three groups was significantly different (F=5. 28, p<0.001).
14. Violence group scored substantially higher on the 3 MMPI scales of Hy, Pd and Mf than murder group and non-violence group.
15. Anxiety index was lower (49.2) in murder group than in violence and non-violence group. Internalization ratio was higher (1.05) in murder group than in murder group than in violence group and non-violence group.
16. Mean of neurotic triad (63. 7) and psychotic tetrad (68.5) in murder group were higher than violence group and non-violence group.
17. Mean of psychopathic deviation was higher (60.6) in violenece group than in murder group and non-violence group.
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