Crowd psychology in South African murder trials.

A Review of South African Perspectives on Serial Murder

Title: A review of South African perspectives on serial murder Name: G.A. Del Fabbro Supervisor: Prof. D. Beyers Department: Psychology Degree: Master of Arts (Clinical Psychology) Pistorius (1996) was the first individual to introduce research on serial murder in the South African context with her psychodynamic approach to the phenomenon. Since then, others have followed, namely Labuschagne (1...

Disclosure of child murder: a case study of ethical dilemmas in research.

A Comparison of Mental Disorders in Two Groups of Prisoners Charged with Premeditated Murder and Kidnapping

  Purpose: The current study aimed to compare mental disorders in two groups of prisoners charged with premeditated murder and kidnapping. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study followed a casual-comparative design. The sample of this study included 60 prisoners charged with premeditated murder and 60 prisoners charged with kidnapping selected using simple random sampling m...

Withholding or withdrawing treatment and palliative treatment hastening death: the real reason why doctors are not held legally liable for murder.

Doctors who hasten the termination of the lives of their patients by withholding or withdrawing treatment or prescribing a potentially fatal palliative dose of medication satisfy the elements of intention and causation of a charge of murder against them. However, the courts have held that, for policy reasons based on 'society's legal convictions', such conduct is not unlawful if the patient con...

Does South Africa need a national clinical trials support unit?

BACKGROUND No national South African institution provides a coherent suite of support, available skills and training for clinicians wishing to conduct randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in the public sector. We report on a study to assess the need for establishing a national South African Clinical Trials Support Unit. OBJECTIVES To determine the need for additional training and support for c...