Assassin Syndrome: Threateners Compared to Other Psychiatric/General-Inmate Groups
Description:
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 …
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Date:
August 1978
Creator:
Kinney, Delane Raye