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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
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The Psychological Typology of Criminal Homicidal Aggression

Joseph A. Kudryavtsev

Natalya A. Ratinova

Laboratory of Psychology, Serbsky National Research Centre for Social and Forensic Psychiatry, 23 Kropotkinsky Pereulok, 119839 Moscow, Russia

The results of a Russian study of the psychological aspects of criminal homicidal aggression are presented. The authors propose a typology of homicidal aggressors based on an analysis of their criminal behavior, their psychological structure, the dysfunction of the self-control mechanism, and their differing personality characteristics. They identify the following types of aggression: functional-utilitarian; habitual noncontrolled; situational- defensive, motivated by an affective goal; and catastrophic aggression. They present the differential criteria as useful to criminal experts in their analysis of offenders, particularly in cases involving the determination of criminal responsibility.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 43, No. 4, 459-472 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X99434005
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