NCJ Number
81302
Journal
Forensic Science International Volume: 19 Issue: 1 Dated: (January/February 1982) Pages: 51-66
Date Published
1982
Length
16 pages
Annotation
The psycho-social aspects of 72 murders (one female, 71 males) were studied. The murderers came from the Khoozestan and the Lorestan provinces of Iran. One of them had been transferred from the north of Iran (probably on exile).
Abstract
The murderers were mostly from lower social classes and crowded homes. The majority of them had worked as unskilled labourers or farmers. A great number of them regretted their action but a few were proud of what they had done. They believed that they had saved the chastity of their family which is very important in Islam. None of them were epileptic nor had any history of it. Four claimed to be nervous. Eight were alcoholics and three were addicted to drugs. One of them was suspected of having manic-depressive psychosis and only one had paranoid schizophrenia. The female and four of the males were psychopaths. (Publisher abstract)