When deciding to transfer a patient from high-security care, the most important determinant will often be the likelihood of further violence. Despite this, there are surprisingly few data to inform the clinician on the risks posed by particular groups. We compared the outcome of a group of mentally disordered offenders convicted of either parricide (n = 53) or the killing of a stranger (n = 71) after their release from high-security care (mean duration of follow-up = 6 years). All the patients were released still subject to restriction orders under the Mental Health Act 1983. None of the sample committed a further homicide during the follow-up and their history of further violence was also low. These data add further evidence to the widely held view that transfer from high-security care may be unduly restrictive.

Child Abuse ReviewVolume 10, Issue 4 p. 286-287 Book Review Lost Innocents. A Follow-Up Study of Fatal Child Abuse by Peter Reder and Sylvia Duncan, Routledge, London and New York, 1999. 178pp. ISBN 0-415-20269-8 (Hbk), £45.00; ISBN 0-415-20270-1 (Pbk), £14.99. Christopher Cordess, Corresponding Author University of Sheffield; and Rampton HospitalUniversity of Sheffield; and Rampton HospitalSearch for more papers by this author Christopher Cordess, Corresponding Author University of Sheffield; and Rampton HospitalUniversity of Sheffield; and Rampton HospitalSearch for more papers by this author First published: 22 August 2001 https://doi.org/10.1002/car.668AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume10, Issue4July/August 2001Pages 286-287 RelatedInformation

Parricide is an uncommon crime, so that many of the descriptive studies suffer from methodological shortcomings of small sample sizes and a non-representative ascertainment. We describe a consecutive series of mentally disordered offenders convicted of parricide who were admitted to high-security care and we compare their index characteristics with a group convicted of killing one or more strangers. The main findings were that the parricides were more likely to suffer from schizophrenia but less likely to have had a disrupted childhood and criminal history, as compared with those who had killed a stranger. Those in the parricide group had made a previous attack on their victim in 40% of cases. Overall, the study confirmed some of the differences that one might expect between these two groups of homicides, which had entirely different relationships to their victims.

Maudsley Discussion Paper No. 2. Disputed Confessions and the Criminal Justice System. By Gisli H. Gudjonsson & James MacKeith. London: Institute of Psychiatry. 1997. 20 pp. £2.95. - Volume 23 Issue 9

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We present our abridged and free translation of an account of a double murder written in 1933 by Jacques Lacan, the wayward father of French psychoanalysis. We preface our translation with a brief introduction to Lacan's work and follow it with a discussion of the paper and its relevance for forensic practice.

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