Perfiles psiquiátricos de niños asesinos

To think that, due to his apparent innocence, a child cannot commit murder is a serious mistake. Sometimes, as in the case of the meninos e meninas das favelas, the children of the Lord of War or the Islamic State, they are forced to kill if they want to survive. Other times, the murderous impulse is motivated by a mental disorder resulting from their vital circumstances, or simply by the pleasure of killing. Psychopathic personality structures, from childhood, show marked antisocial behavior of an uninhibited nature. Unfortunately, their disturbance has no age and, even as children or adolescents, they are impulsive, violent and incapable of establishing lasting affective relationships. They can come to exercise a violence that apparently only adults are capable of generating. However, the study of these children is often highly controversial since, being minors, the law does not make them responsible for their actions. The family origins that have influenced the development of murderous children and their criminal behavior is difficult to determine exactly, due to the complex nature of the cases. But there are also frequent patterns among child killers: a history of physical abuse, emotional abuse, or neglect and an inability to control their emotions.