RESUMO
A study of 98 lone, rampage killers in the United States from 1949 to 1999 found that those who were killed by police officers killed and wounded more victims than those who completed suicide who, in turn, killed or wounded more victims than those who were captured. Those rampage killers who completed suicide were less likely to be judged schizophrenic and more likely to be killing present or former co-workers.
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Homicídio/psicologia , Homicídio/estatística & dados numéricos , Suicídio/estatística & dados numéricos , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores de Risco , Estados UnidosRESUMO
In a sample of 116 Kuwaiti students, the approval of physician-assisted suicide was not correlated with age, sex, or scores on death anxiety and fears of death and dying of self and others.
Assuntos
Ansiedade/etnologia , Atitude , Estudantes/psicologia , Estudantes/estatística & dados numéricos , Suicídio Assistido , Adulto , Ansiedade/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Kuweit , Masculino , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
A scale to measure approval of physician-assisted suicide was devised. Scores on the scale were uncorrelated to death anxiety in a sample of 168 students.
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Ansiedade/psicologia , Atitude Frente a Morte , Eutanásia , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
A study of 81 incidents of rampage murders in the USA from 1988 to 1999 yielded no evidence for clustering.
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Homicídio/estatística & dados numéricos , Análise por Conglomerados , Estudos Transversais , Humanos , Estados UnidosRESUMO
The death toll for mass murders was higher when the murderer committed suicide and when the incident was elsewhere than the Americas and Europe.