Matrizid
As matricide (from lat. Mater mother and caedere kill ) the killing of a mother is signified by their son or daughter. One of the most famous matricides is the matricide of Orestes in Greek mythology. Parental murders have also been reported outside of mythology. In historical times z. B. the Persian Queen Amastris and the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra III. allegedly killed by her sons, in modern times the mother of the Nepalese king Dipendra , Aishwarya . Domestic violence against family members is highly emotional, which is why such acts often attract a lot of attention (examples are the quadruple murder of Eislingen , the parental murder of Morschen , or Lyle and Erik Menendez ).
Data
In a US study of parental murders between 1977 and 1984, it was found that the mean age of the mothers killed was 58 years (ages 30 to 94). 86% of the matrix offenders were male.
See also
- Patricide (killing the father)
- Fratricide
literature
- Norbert Nedopil: Forensic Psychiatry: Clinic, Assessment and Treatment Between Psychiatry and Law , Georg Thieme Verlag, 2007, ISBN 3-13-103453-X
Web links
- Mother murder: Mother must go , Die Zeit 19/2015 from May 7, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Definition in Forensic Psychiatry: Clinic, Assessment and Treatment Between Psychiatry and Law, page 262
- ↑ Marc Allroggen: Practical Handbook forensic psychiatry in children, adolescents and adults: Basics, assessment and treatment, MWV, 2011, p. 125 [1]
- ↑ Jessica Rudi: Crime in the perspective of sociobiology: Using the example of murder . GRIN Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-640-47300-7 , p. 67 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).