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Assassin Syndrome: Threateners Compared to Other Psychiatric/General-Inmate Groups

Thirty-seven male prisoners who had been convicted or indicted on a charge of threatening the President or national political figure were compared to state inmates, federal inmates, and normative samples on psychometric and demographic variables. Results indicated that assassin/threateners were significantly more paranoid, schizophrenic, and socially alienated than comparison samples. Their heterosexual adjustment and work record tended to be poorer than comparison inmates. Data suggested that the probability of organic impairment was greater for assassin/threateners than for the normative sample. In addition, political threateners were found to be self-destructive, apolitical, Caucasian, and products of disturbed family backgrounds.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc332167
Date08 1900
CreatorsKinney, Delane Raye
ContributorsButler, Joel R., Schneider, Lawrence J., Wenrich, W. W., 1932-, Haynes, Jack Read, Peek, Leon A.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formativ, 60 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Kinney, Delane Raye, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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