Karakus Mustafa, Ince Haluk, Ince Nurhan, Arican Nadir, Sozen Sevki
Department of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Turkey.
Croat Med J. 2003 Oct;44(5):592-5.
To determine socio-demographic features and criminal liability of individuals who committed filicide in Turkey.
The study involved 85 cases of filicide evaluated by the 4th Specialized Board of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Istanbul in the 1995-2000 period. We assessed the characteristics of parents who committed filicide (age, sex, education level, employment status, and criminal liability) and children victims (age, sex, own or stepchild), as well as the causes of death.
There were 85 parents who committed filicide (41 fathers and 44 mothers) and 96 children victims. The mean age of mothers who committed filicide (52% of filicides) was 26.5-/+7.7 years, and the mean age of fathers (48% of filicides) was 36.1-/+10.0 years (t=-5.00, p<0.001). Individuals diagnosed with psychiatric disturbances, such as schizophrenia (61%), major depression (22%), imbecility (10%), and mild mental retardation (7%), were not subject to criminal liability. Almost half of parents who committed filicide were unemployed and illiterate.
Filicide in Turkey was equally committed by mothers and fathers. More than half of the parents were diagnosed with psychiatric disorders and came from disadvantageous socioeconomic environments, where unemployment and illiteracy rates are highly above the average of Turkey.
确定土耳其发生杀子女行为者的社会人口学特征及刑事责任。
本研究纳入了1995 - 2000年期间在伊斯坦布尔法医学研究所第四专业委员会评估的85例杀子女案件。我们评估了实施杀子女行为的父母的特征（年龄、性别、教育水平、就业状况和刑事责任）以及儿童受害者的特征（年龄、性别、亲生或继子女），还有死亡原因。
有85名实施杀子女行为的父母（41名父亲和44名母亲）以及96名儿童受害者。实施杀子女行为的母亲（占杀子女案件的52%）的平均年龄为26.5±7.7岁，父亲（占杀子女案件的48%）的平均年龄为36.1±10.0岁（t = -5.00，p < 0.001）。被诊断患有精神障碍的个体，如精神分裂症（61%）、重度抑郁症（22%）、低能（10%）和轻度智力障碍（7%），无需承担刑事责任。实施杀子女行为的父母中几乎一半失业且文盲。
在土耳其，杀子女行为由母亲和父亲实施的比例相当。超过一半的父母被诊断患有精神障碍，且来自不利的社会经济环境，那里的失业率和文盲率远高于土耳其平均水平。
