Tag: Psychology

On 20th June 2001 in Houston, Texas, Andrea Yates drowned her five children one after the other in the bathtub of her family home. Four sons, John (5), Luke (2), ...

The Canadian case of Jennifer Pan in 2010 features some unique characteristics within the dark world of parricide; when a child kills their own parents.

Neonaticide, the killing of a child within its first 24 hours of life, is widely believed a female-only crime and one a woman is judged very harshly for.

Research from the Netherlands studied the self-reports of victims who had experienced abuse and criminal victimisation because of their mental illness.

Familicide is characterised by multiple victims of homicide within the same family and where the perpetrator is also a member of that family.

Within siblicide, as with any homicide, there is always the question of motive. Why would anyone kill their own sibling?

Parricide is a rare act of homicide however, it is an act which causes horror when the lives of parents are taken, often brutally, by their own offspring.

Masking Evil by Carol Anne Davis examines 37 killers, all were in good solid professions but revealed their hidden capacity for the darkest of crimes.

From true crime and wrongful convictions to criminal psychology and investigative reporting, here are 40 of the best crime blogs and websites on the internet today.

The reasons why a woman would wish to attach themselves so tightly to a man who has committed unthinkable acts is undeniably curious.

On 12th February 2008 at Green Junior High in Oxnard, California, 14-year-old Brandon McInerney shot and killed 15-year-old Larry King inside their computer class. A violent act carried out in ...

Hate and fear are two of the most powerful weapons this world has ever and will ever have. The massive murder machine that was Nazi Germany and its alliance knew ...