NCJ Number
30347
Journal
ACTA PAEDOPSYCHIATRICIA Volume: 41 Issue: 4-5 Dated: (1974) Pages: 187-202
Date Published
1974
Length
15 pages
Annotation
DISCUSSION, WITH CASE HISTORIES, OF LOVERS' SUICIDE PACTS, SUICIDE AND MURDER OF THE (UNWILLING) LOVE PARTNER, MURDER OF A POTENTIAL OR SUCCESSFUL RIVAL, AND MURDER AND ROBBERY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MARRY.
Abstract
ANOTHER TYPE OF LOVE-RELATED CRIME IS MENTIONED AS AN UNUSUAL VARIANT - MURDER RESULTING FROM AN ATTEMPT TO MAIM OR CRIPPLE THE BELOVED ONE SO THAT HE OR SHE WILL NOT MARRY ANYONE ELSE. --IN GERMAN, WITH SUMMARIES IN GERMAN, FRENCH AND SPANISH