YEAR	MURDER	AUTHOR	SOURCE	SELECTION	ABSTRACT
2009	Serial murderers-do you know a Hannibal Rising?	John White PhD	psychology CD	10573	Many serial killers and multiple murderers were involved in psychotherapy and/or evaluations before they began killing. Multiple theories have been disseminated about the backgrounds of serial killers, i.e., they have all been abused or they fit into the homicidal triad. This presentation is designed to give participants information on the backgrounds of 500 serial killers from around the world using 167 variables. Participants will learn the killer s life cycle, from birth through the first murder. The data may have implications for both forensic psychologists who treat future murderers and attorneys who prosecute and defend them, as well as law enforcement who profile their crime scenes. Dr. White, in private practice in New Jersey, began studying multiple murder over 30 years ago as a Dallas police officer assigned to the Psychological Services Office. He has interviewed serial and nonserial killers.
2008	Personality disorder conceptualization in serial murder-a methodological critique and proposal	Margaret-Ann Keaton PsyD	psychiatry journal	8100	Literature on conceptualization of personality disorders in serial murderers is reviewed to investigate the historical assumption that most serial murderers are diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder. First, various methodological issues relevant to research in this area are reviewed. Second, 13 studies related to personality disorder conceptualization in this population are reviewed and summarized. Third, the methodology and reporting practices are critiqued. Finally, a standard protocol for future personality research with this population is proposed. In conclusion, although the psychological diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder may be frequent within this population, it is not necessarily the best fit. More scientifically rigorous research by independent examiners assessing personality functioning and reporting empirical findings is needed. Although the phenomenon of serial murder (SM) appears to suggest mental illness, the vast majority of serial murderers are not psychotic. The literature suggests that the majority of serial murderers are diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (APD), most notably psychopathy. Although there are many different findings about the severity of SM in the United States, reports of 5,000 to 6,000 annual victims is enough to warrant concern. Serious empirical inquiry into serial murder is less than two decades old and clinicians still do not have a clear clinical understanding of the phenomenon . Furthermore, the relatively recent arguments against the conceptualization of antisocial personality disorder (APD) in serial murderers warrant further investigation. One argument is that while it is accepted that serial murderers share many similar behaviors, there is no empirical evidence that they represent a distinct psychological entity. Another argument is that, just because SM behavior is antisocial, it does not necessarily mean the individual meets criteria for APD (10). In either event, in order for clinicians to gain a clear scientific understanding of this population we must gather and report comparable data through replicable methods.
2008	Seung Hui Cho- Descent into madness, April 16, 2007	Jerry L. Brittain, Ph.D.	psychology CD	10643	On April 16, Seung Hui Cho became the most prolific mass murderer in American school history, killing 32 persons at Virginia Tech, then himself. Following this presentation, attendees will be able to note the similarities and differences between this and previous school shootings, and discuss and evaluate the risks and tasks associated with taking a voluntary or involuntary referral for mental health services. Particular attention will be given to informing the audience of not only risk assessment of self and other directed harm, but also in complying with state and federal laws in providing such services. When such laws are ambiguous, suggested paths for compliance are offered.--Jerry L. Brittain, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who has been an expert in state and federal cases, and lives in Virginia, where this tragedy occurred. He works with the federal government.
2007	A Strange Case of Attempted Murder	Carla Rodgers MD Andrew Schneider JD	psychiatry CD	10385	A forensic psychiatrist and attorney will be discuss a case of attempted murder during which the Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity (NGRI) plea was considered. They will explain why this plea was or was not used. They will review the facts of the case and the criteria for NGRI. Dr. Rodgers will also review her findings as the sole expert witness in this case. Audience participation will be strongly encouraged. Following this presentation, attendees should be able to 1) describe the McNaughton standard for Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI); 2) determine when their findings support an NGRI plea and when they do not; 3) describe a treatment plan that will allow the criminally mentally ill to return to society. Carla Rodgers, MD is in private practice of forensic psychiatry in Bala Cynwyd, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia. She is a clinical assistant professor at Uni-versity of Pennsylvania Medical School, and a senior psychiatrist on the affiliate staff of Friends Hospital in Philadelphia. Andrew Schneider, JD is an Attorney at Law in Doyle-stown, PA and Trenton, NJ.
2007	Children who murder-can they really understand, predict the consequences to their victims or themselves?	Cassandra Klyman MD	psychiatry CD	10683	Learn the constellation of facts that can lead up to a child killing another; the recent genetic and neuroscientific imaging evidence that can exculpate their crime, and the psychiatric disorders that may be significant for understanding why the crime could occur and the way punishment and rehabilitation should be designed. Participants will be better able to evaluate and recommend treatment for patient-litigants. A review of the literature and the close examination of my own clinical material will be discussed in the light of neuroscientific evidence regarding brain development and psychiatric diagnostic criteria in order to discuss aspects of responsibility--psychological and legal--for children who kill. Aggression is normally held in check by impulse control mediated by both internal and external controls. Delaying the gratification of violent desire can be a com promise between genetic, maturational capability and the competing desires to please ones you love, depend upon or to avoid their wrath. Identification with the aggressor and suppressing evidence of previous wrongdoing to avoid punishment were the defenses used in the specific case which was complicated by a familial mood disorder.--Cassandra M. Klyman, MD is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Wayne State University, School of Medicine, and on the faculty at the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. She is in private practice of psychiatry, psychoanalysis and forensic psychiatry in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
2006	Crazy murderers and two opposing mad doctors-1862-1882	Allen Speigel PhD	psychiatry journal	7055	no abstract
2004	The murder case of Cary Anthony Stayner: psychiatric diagnostic issues	J Arturo Silva MD Leong, GB	psychiatry tapes	3109	no abstract
2004	Mothers who murder their children: an impressionistic study	William Hogg MD	psychiatry journal	223	no abstract
2003	Memory for murder-the I don t remember defense	Timothy Michals MD Steven Samuel PhD	psychiatry tapes	3025	Memory complaints are commonplace from the perspective of perpetrators, witnesses, and victims of extreme violence with claims of amnesia reported commonly in cases of homicide. General issues inherent to a forensic psychiatrist s retrospective analysis of mental state at the time of a crime, factors associated with claims of amnesia for violent crime, the legal system s responses to claims of amnesia, and the legal significance of such claims will be presented. Case examples will be given.
2003	The show and tell murder case: legal and ethical issues	Franklin Master MD	psychiatry tape	3027	At age 13, Sandra was interviewed by the author as a private therapy patient after she had witnessed a fatal shooting. Two years later, she was a principal defendant in the brutal murder of a young Canadian male tourist in an isolated desert area near Las Vegas. The relationship of past traumatic events and current criminal behavior, and posttraumatic stress disorder as a criminal psychiatric defense will be explored.
2003	Doctors in trouble with ketamine-murder, rape, malpractice and insanity-4 cases and review of ketamine and the expert witness	Karl L.R. Jansen, MD, PhD, MRCPsych	psychiatry tapes	3022	Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic with hallucinogenic effects. The presenter will consider the separate cases of four doctors facing charges resulting from their use of ketamine. Attendees will learn: the key facts concerning the use, users and consequences of ketamine of interest to forensic psychiatrists; the likely effects of ketamine on memory and other aspects of the mental state in the more frequently encountered circumstances; forming an opinion in malpractice suits involving the use of ketamine as a therapeutic agent.
2002	The role of forensic psychiatrists in capital murder cases	Steven Samuel PhD	psychiatry tapes	2050	There are an estimated 3,700 inmates on death row within 40 jurisdictions having capital punishment statutes. Of these individuals, approximately 700 have been put to death since 1977. Capital murder cases raise constitutional questions and also pose intense personal, professional and ethical issues for the forensic psychiatrist who is often asked to assume multiple roles in the pre and post conviction phases of the trial. These roles are shaped by many forces; there are few existing guidelines for the forensic practitioner; and the cases themselves are embedded in a continually evolving sociocultural/legal context. This presentation will focus on several capital murder evaluations completed by the speakers. The case vignettes will highlight a variety of forensic issues. An evaluative format will be presented along with guidelines for training of future forensic practitioners. The objectives of this presentation are to provide the participants with updated literature on capital murder cases; to describe an evaluative format for forensic psychiatrists who participate in such cases; and to educate participants about the multiple psychiatric, moral, legal, and personal issues faced by the forensic psychiatrist who participates in capital murder cases.
2000	For the first time in a U.S. court - a murderer s temporary insanity plea	Allen Spiegel PhD	psychiatry journal	982	In 1859, U.S. Congressman Daniel E. Sickles brutally shot and killed Philip Barton Key, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Sickles accused Key of having an adulterous affair with his wife, Teresa. During the trial, the issue was whether the killing was premeditated, manslaughter or justifiable homicide. Teresa s written confession of adultery was featured on the front page of Harper s Weekly. Defense attorneys argued that Sickles was temporarily insane due to an emotional brainstorm. In addition, the unwritten law permitted a cuckolded husband to avenge the defiling of his marriage bed. There was no expert medical testimony to support the temporary insanity defense. A friend of Sickles, a layman, was the major defense witness testifying about the accused s agitated and distraught state after the murder.
1999	John du Pont- dilettante, eccentric, murderer, insane?	Eric Fine MD	psychiatry journal	7089	Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz was shot and killed by John Eluethere du Pont on Friday, January 26, 1996. Because of his extreme wealth and social prominence, especially in the Philadelphia area, this, as expected, became a very high profile case which received national and international press attention. More importantly from a psychiatric perspective, the case focused renewed attention on the insanity defense. There were eyewitnesses to the murder so that du Pont's guilt was never in doubt. This article contains extensive psychiatric reports from prosecuting and defense psychiatrists, and their testimony was the essence of his trial. He was found guilty of third-degree murder, but mentally ill. This verdict is discussed in detail and contrasted with a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. A large majority of psychiatrists balloted when this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Forensic Psychiatry felt that the latter verdict would have been more appropriate.
1999	Armageddon syndrome- two cases of mass murder	Christer Claus MD	psychiatry journal	976	A model for systematic understanding of the "pseudocommando" condition as an etiological factor in mass murder is proposed. The five components of the "Armageddon syndrome" are weapon fetishism, deification, hero complex, final battle attitude, and multiplicative defenses. In this study, life histories, crimes, and Rorschach test protocols were analyzed and compared in two Scandinavian cases of mass murder. Both were soldiers who killed in a dissociated state. Personal experiences as well as test results were markedly similar in the two subjects. The psychodynamic concept of projective identification is used to describe the ultimately destructive survival/coping strategies found to be central to both their lives, but it is used in a phylogenetic sense. Research on the mind of impulsive mass murderers is scarce, not least because such murderers tend to kill themselves before capture, or are shot dead by police in a crisis situation. The Scandinavian policy of using all means possible to catch the killer alive is, of course, of great benefit to research. Shooting dramas with multiple victims are rare in Sweden but have increased during the last few decades (1). This article describes two Scandinavian cases of mass murder where the perpetrators may be classified as "pseudocommandos" in accordance with the typology presented by Dietz (2). One case occurred in 1994 in Sweden, the other two years later in Norway.
1999	John du Pont- dilettante, eccentric, murderer, insane?	Eric Fine MD	psychiatry tape	9036	Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz was shot and killed by John Eluethere du Pont on Friday, January 26, 1996. Because of his extreme wealth and social prominence, especially in the Philadelphia area, this, as expected, became a very high profile case which received national and international press attention. More importantly from a psychiatric perspective, the case focused renewed attention on the insanity defense. There were eyewitnesses to the murder so that du Pont's guilt was never in doubt. This article contains extensive psychiatric reports from prosecuting and defense psychiatrists, and their testimony was the essence of his trial. He was found guilty of third-degree murder, but mentally ill. This verdict is discussed in detail and contrasted with a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. A large majority of psychiatrists balloted when this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Forensic Psychiatry felt that the latter verdict would have been more appropriate.
1997	Psychological profile of a mass murderer and stalker	Bruce Danto MD	psychiatry tapes	1287	In May 1993 at Dana Point, California a postal worker killed his mother, her dog, and his best friend at work. Shortly after, he shot another worker, the postmaster and several bystanders, whom he attempted to rob. His criminal behavior was psychotically structured to confiscate a female coworker and, together, to begin life over following an expected apocalypse. This presentation will focus on the offender's insanity defense and will include his psychiatric examination, videotaped interviews and 35 mm slides of his written communications sent to the woman whom he stalked. Mass murder theory, insanity, and the role of the stalker killer acting alone will be discussed.
1996	Adolescent homicide, defendant tried as an adult, expert testimony-murder of parents	Timothy Michals MD Steven Samuel PhD	psychiatry tape	10035	In a recent case, a teenager admitted to murdering his parents in his family's home. A decertification hearing determined that he would be tried as an adult. At the hearing and jury trial, the authors provided psychiatric and psychological testimony for the prosecution. At trial, focus was whether this young man was legally insane at the time he committed the murders. The authors will describe their experiences and present for discussion the insanity defense and plea of guilty by reason of mental illness. Helpful evaluative guidelines and procedures will be offered.
1996	Role of psychologists in criminal forensic cases in South Africa	Annelies Du Plessis MA	psychology tape	10017	This paper presents the case of a 24-year-old male who was referred to the forensic unit of a state psychiatric instititution for observation to determine his criminal responsibility on a charge of rape and murder.
1996	Juan Corona case--forensic consultations in prosecution of a mass murderer	John Podboy PhD	psychology tape	1490	In 1973, Juan Corona was convicted of the twenty-five first degree murders of immigrant farm workers. In 1978, the State Court of Appeals reversed Corona's conviction calling it "a farce" because, among other factors, no defense witnesses were called. He was reconvicted in 1982. The presenters reviewed voluminous and often contradictory records and evidence in connection with the defendant's psychiatric history and developed detailed rebuttal evidence to multiple psychological defenses in this case which achieved international coverage. Psychological profiling will be reviewed in terms of its definition, scope, goals, and limitations.
1996	Investigating a claim of amnesia in an attempted murder and a legal defense	David T Roy JD	psychology tape	1308	no abstract
1994	Early traumatic factors in the lives of serial murderers	Michael Stone MD	psychiatry journal	6063	42 biographies of serial murderers analyzed with regard to twelve early traumatic factors that include lower socioeconomic status, coming from a broken home, parental brutality, neglect, humiliation or alcoholism. All serial killers are mentally disordered and, nearly all, psychopathic sexual sadists.
1993	An inside look at the Jeffrey Dahmer trial-how examiners were chosen, diagnostic findings	Frederick A Fosdal, MD	psychiatry tapes	10135	Speaker discusses background of this most sensational and Wisconsin's most expensive criminal trial. How and why the various examiners were chosen, and the issue of the prosecution calling an used defense examiner are discussed. The variations in the diagnostic findings and the differences of forensic opinions on the issue of mental responsibility are compared. The testimony of the various examiners are highlighted and their arguments for and against responsibility are discussed. How the jury interpreted the testimony and applied this information to the criminal trial jury instructions are examined.
1992	Paroxysmal insanity as a murder defense in 1865	Allen Spiegel PhD Merrill Spiegel JD	psychology journal	983	This trial marked the first time that a paroxysmal insanity murder defense was supported by expert medical testimony in a U.S. courtroom. As is common today, experts were pitted against each other to persuade the jury. Aspects of the Harris/Burroughs murder case may yield clues as to the persistence of the attitudinal stances toward temporary insanity pleas by the mass media, mental health professionals, the legal profession and the public.
1992	Capital murder: do acquired brain injuries have a role in competency, culpability and causation	Jerid M Fisher PhD	psychology tape	1951	Author discusses the legitimate and illegitimate applications of the brain injury defense to murder offenses. Presentation highlights several legal ethical issues generated by this defense.
1991	Paroxysmal insanity as a murder defense in 1865	Allen Spiegel JD	psychiatry journal	8042	no abstract
1991	Use of sodium amytal in an insanity and diminished capacity defense of a capital murder case	Gerald Cooke PD Margaret Cooke PhD	psychology journal	8149	no abstract
1990	Background variables in murderers, violent and nonviolent felons	Emil Pinta MD Robert Fine MD Paul Bessimer BA Paul Bessimer B A	psychiatry journal	6206	This study illustrates the difficulty in predicting murder from an examination of psychosocial background variables. A history of violence and a background of parental brutality during childhood suggests further violence, but not murder.
1990	Background variables in murderers, violent and nonviolent felons	Emil Pinta MA Robert Fine MD	psychology journal	8143	no abstract
1989	Product liability and serious psychological injury - corporate murder and mayhem	John Ravin MD	psychiatry tape	1427	Ten cases of seriously psychologically injured plaintiffs are presented as examples of corporate irresponsibility in the production and continued sale of known defective products. Five Dalkon Shield IUD cases, four automobile secret recall and undisclosed warranty cases, and one case of failure to upgrade to a safer product less likely to injure consumers are presented and discussed. The paper documents the emotional damage caused to consumers and the moral and ethical questions posted by their injury.
1989	Adolescent murderers and the expert psychologist	Jose LaCalle PhD	psychology tape	10071	Psychodynamics in early acts of violence by youthful offenders, including gang members, discussed. Theory of posttraumatic stress syndrome delay from early childhood experiences explored.
1989	Video tape interview with serial murderer and discussion	J Reid Meloy PhD	psychology tape	1813	Videotaped criminal interview and case analysis.
1989	Products liability and serious psychological injury - corporate murder and mayhem (10 cases)	John Ravin MD	psychiatry journal	5269	Ten cases of seriously psychologically injured plaintiffs are presented as examples of corporate irresponsibility in the production and continued sale of known defective products. Five Dalkon Shield IUD cases, four automobile secret recall and undisclosed warranty cases, and one case of failure to upgrade to a safer product less likely to injure consumers are presented and discussed. The paper documents the emotional damage caused to consumers and the moral and ethical questions posted by their injury.
1989	Sexual provocation as a legal defense to a charge of murder: role of expert psychiatric testimony and diagnostic considerations	Emmanuel Aquino MD	psychiatry journal	6201	Culpable homicide that otherwise would be murder may be reduced to manslaughter if the person who committed it did so in the "heat of passion" caused by sudden provocation.
1989	Dangerousness, least restrictive environment- professional dilemma resolved by murder	Spencer DeVault PhD Donna Long MA	psychology tape	10078	The ax killing by a 19-year-old male following a homosexual advance is presented. The case is an extreme example of a potential for violence in which almost all criteria of dangerousness were met. The risk in this case was high and the prediction would probably have been very near certain, although it was never made. The subject had been discharged from state care with no provisions made for continuing care or monitoring, despite the overwhelming evidence that should have allowed a fairly certain prediction of future violence.
1988	Serial and mass murderer- patterns, differentiation, pathology	Richard Rappaport MD	psychiatry journal	6200	Various types of mass murderers are described: pseudocommandos, family annihilators, set and run killers, serial murderers, crime spree killers, custodial poisoners, psychotic killers, sexual sadist killers
1988	Mass and serial murderers-causality, attributions, motivations	Dr Lawrence J Breen	psychology tape	10081	View of serial and mass murderers, focusing on the kinds of attributions these offenders offer for their behavior,as well as how these attributions relate to the DSM category of antisocial personality or psychopathic categories. Cases of Kenneth Bianchi, Charles Manson and David Berkowitz.
1988	A confession to murder - the confession (75 pages) the commentaries (35 pages)	CH Hardin Branch MD et al	psychiatry journal	6079	see 9:4:88 Journal for the complete piece
1988	Acceptance of murder in adolescence: a therapeutic and legal challenge	Klaus Schrieber MD	psychiatry journal and tapes	6199	no abstract
1988	Serial and mass murderer- patterns, differentiation, pathology	Richard Rappaport MD	psychiatry tapes	1709	Various types of mass murderers are described: pseudocommandos, family annihilators, set and run killers, serial murderers, crime spree killers, custodial poisoners, psychotic killers, sexual sadist killers.
1988	Acceptance of murder in adolescence: a therapeutic and legal challenge	Klaus Schrieber MD	psychiatry tape	10043	no abstract
1987	Attempted mass murder by an adolescent patient	Gary Hackney PhD	psychology tape	10179	Case of 14-year-old male who went on a shooting spree in his school, killing the principal and wounding students and teachers. Presenter treated this youth clinically before the crime, evaluated him immediately after the offense to determine competency, consulted with him before disposition and testified on the issue of sanity in the resultant civil suits.
1986	Child abuse and murder: byproducts of intermittent explosive disorder	Michael Cleary MD	psychiatry tapes	1772	Death or serious injury to a child may result directly from Intermittent Explosive Disorder in a parent or surrogate. Normal childhood behavior itself may form the precipitating stressor leading to a loss of control in the parent with IED.
1986	Homicide and mental illness: a study of 71 convicted murderers	DE Wilcox MD	psychiatry journal	6082	A study was made of 71 convicted subjects convicted of homicides . A major effort in the study was to identify the incidence and type of mental illness present in the persons convicted. It was discovered that among those convicted that there were seven chronic paranoid schizophrenics, one case of methamphetamine psychosis, one person with prior surgery for temporal lobe trauma, one case of multiple infarct dementia and eight chronic methamphetamine users.
1986	Murder and madness-suggestion for homicide prevention	Donald Lunde MD	psychiatry journal	8029	We can be relatively certain that the information we have collected is relatively accurate. But when we are thrust into the position of having to predict what a patient of ours will do in the future, we move on to very unstable ground. While it is possible to predict what a large group will do in the future, individual human behavior is by nature unpredictable.
1986	Characteristics of 71 convicted murderers	DE Wilcox MD	psychiatry journal	6075	A major effort in the study was to identify the incidence and type of mental illness present in the persons convicted. It was discovered that among the convicted individuals there were seven chronic paranoid schizophrenics, one case of methamphetamine psychosis, one person infarct dementia and eight chronic methamphetamine users.
1985	Sexual psychopathic murderers clinical observations	Eric Marcus MD	psychiatry tapes	10195	Psychiatrist outlines victimization, denial, psychosexual conflict and grandiosity displayed by the sexual psychopathic murderer and discusses reactions when confronted with simply overwhelming horror.
1985	Mass murder-literature review and conclusions based on studies in criminal psychiatry	Arboleda-Florez J	psychiatry tapes	10069	Author reviews the literature on mass murderers and presents several conclusions based on his studies in this area of criminal psychiatry.
1985	The doctor-patient relationship in the Richard Speck case- a debate (2 tapes)	Michael Cleary MD Marvin Ziporyn MD	psychiatry tapes	10202	To what degree, if any, should psychiatrists become personally involved in the lives of individuals whom they treat? Dr. Cleary argues that Dr. Ziporyn, mass murderer Richard Speck's treating psychiatrist, exceeded ethical bounds in his dealings with this prison inmate.
1981	Political use of psychiatry- the case of Dan White	Thomas Szasz MD	psychiatry journal	10292	American psychiatry pulled the wool over the eyes of lawmakers, journalists and the public, leading to the courtroom scenario of psychiatrists fabricating fantasies and having their fantasies legitimized by the courts as "expert medical testimony," says author.
1981	110 murderers in a psychiatric hospital	Donald Allison MD	psychiatry journal	10304	A 10-year longitudinal study of 110 murderers, 59 of whom were criminally insane Our sample of 110 murderers showed only two incidents of minor assault after release.