Previous research suggests different crime scene patterns reflect differences in the background characteristics of the offender. However, whether differences in crime scene patterns are related to offender psychopathology remains unclear. We hypothesise that schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depressive illness will each associate to a specific homicide crime scene pattern. Homicide data were obtained from the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness. Our sample comprised 759 homicides committed by offenders in contact with mental health services in the year preceding the offence and with an available psychiatric report. We used joint correspondence analysis to examine patterns between different methods of homicide, circumstances of homicide, victim gender, and victim age groups. Three homicide patterns were identified: male conflict homicide, intimate female homicide, and child homicide. Additionally, each homicide pattern was associated with one or more mental illnesses. Results are discussed in terms of the possible role of psychopathology in “offender profiling” research.

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凶杀犯罪特征的模式及其与犯罪人心理病理学的关系

先前的研究表明，不同的犯罪现场模式反映了犯罪者背景特征的差异。但是，犯罪现场模式的差异是否与罪犯的心理病理学有关尚不清楚。我们假设精神分裂症，躁郁症和抑郁症将分别与特定的凶杀案犯罪现场模式有关。凶杀数据是从全国精神疾病患者自杀和凶杀国家机密调查中获得的。我们的样本包括犯罪发生前一年与精神卫生服务机构联系的759起犯罪者的杀人事件，并提供了精神病学报告。我们使用联合对应分析来研究不同的凶杀方法，凶杀情况，受害者性别和受害者年龄组之间的模式。确定了三种杀人方式：男性冲突杀人，亲密女性杀人和儿童杀人。此外，每种杀人方式都与一种或多种精神疾病有关。讨论了心理病理学在“犯罪特征分析”研究中的可能作用方面的结果。