Parricide

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Template:Short description Template:Cleanup rewrite Template:Homicide Parricide is the deliberate killing of one's own parent. It is an umbrella term that can be used to refer to acts of matricide, the deliberate killing of one's own mother,<ref>Template:Cite dictionary</ref> and patricide, the deliberate killing of one's own father.<ref>Template:Cite dictionary</ref>

Societies consider parricide a serious crime and parricide offenders are subject to criminal prosecution under the homicide laws which are established in places (i.e., countries, states etc.) in which parricides occur. In most countries, an adult who is convicted of parricide faces a long-term prison sentence, a permanent prison sentence, or even a death sentence. Youthful parricide offenders who are younger than the age of majority (e.g., 18-year-olds in the United States & United Kingdom of Great Britain) may be prosecuted under less stringent laws which are designed to take their special needs and development into account, but these laws are usually waived and as a result, most youthful parricide offenders are transferred into the Adult Judicial System.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Parricide offenders are typically divided into two categories;

  1. youthful parricide offenders (i.e. ages 8–24) and
  2. adult parricide offenders (i.e. ages 25 and older) because the motivations and situations surrounding parricide events change as a child matures.<ref name=Thompsons>Template:Cite journal

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Prevalence

As per the Parricide Prevention Institute, approximately 2–3% of all U.S. murders were parricides each year since 2010.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Unreliable source?The more than 300 parricides occurring in just the U.S. each year means there are 6 or more parricide events, on average, each week. This estimate does not include the murders of grandparents or stepparents by a child – only the murders of their natal or legally adoptive parents.<ref name=Thompsons/>

Youthful motives

Youthful parricide is motivated by a variety of factors. Current research conducted by the Parricide Prevention Institute indicates the top five motives causing a child (aged 8–24 years old) to commit parricide are:<ref name=":0" />Template:Unreliable source?

  • issues of control – 38% (e.g. put on restriction, phone taken away, etc.);
  • issues of money – 10% (access to life insurance, wants money for a party, etc.);
  • stop abuse of self or family – 8%;
  • fit of anger – 8%;
  • wants a different life – 7% (e.g. wants to live with non-custodial parent, etc.).

Notable modern-day cases

Notable historical cases

In the sixth-century AD collection of earlier juristical sayings, the Digest, a precise enumeration of the victims' possible relations to the parricide is given by the 3rd century AD lawyer Modestinus: Template:Blockquote

See also

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