I disagree.
I'll point to the lack of mountains of dead people as my basis....that contentious divorce and child support issues doesn't a Murderer make.
I would think family environment filled with abuse, neglect and CPS involvement ....could absolutely contribute to mental illness. and even cultivate a murderer... So far we have zero evidence of that.
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No one is saying that contentious divorce or custody cases cause people to murder. No one has said that. You stated you felt one would be hard pressed to cite any research showing that custody squabbles or cases can cause mental issues in children. I posted several links showing that there is a flood of research to support just that.
I'm not sure why some are making the leap from parental conflict causing mental issues to parental conflict causing murder. Again, no one has said that and there is a serious logical fallacy in the argument that because there are not mountains of people dead at the hands of children from broken homes with parental conflict present, then parental conflict cannot cause mental issues. We are talking about two different things here, guys.
Does anyone really doubt that mental illness can lead to murder? And/or that contentious home lives can give rise to metal illness?
I'm not sure why folks are so invested in the idea of this kid being a psychopath, period, end of story. It's possible, sure, but it's no more or less possible than a scenario whereby he is mentally for whatever reason and that's why it happened.
I think mental illness can lead to murder but in most cases it's probably only a factor, I think, instead of the leading cause. Most murders are for a specific reasons like jealousy, money, gang fights, retaliation. But I can't back that up with research. It's purely my opinion.
I will say this though: While I don;t immediately assume this boy is a psychopath or has such tendencies, I think research does show that, different from adults who kill, kids who kill are overwhelmingly either of the type who lack empathy or have sexual conflict issues. So the chances of IF being a sociopathic type are pretty darn high.
However, personality disorders (such as anti-social personality disorder which psychopathy and sociopathy would fall under), can develop from homes with intense parental conflict.
That's my point, anyway.
I agree. I don't think I can think of one case where custody issues caused a kid to brutally murder their sibling unless there was abuse of the kids as well.
Wow. Not one person has said custody issues caused this kid to murder his little sister. I;m so confused as to why this keeps being stated.
The suggestion was not that custody disputes cause murder.
My suggestion is simply that custody issues, upheaval of not seeing their mother, and all things previously listed, can cause mental illness.
It is that mental illness, in turn, that might possibly explain the murder.
Bingo! Finally! Explaining one of the factors that may have led to the mental issues that may have contributed to the crime is vastly different from saying that one factor was the sole reason for the crime or caused it to happen. A lot of posters seem to be making a huge jump from A to F, without showing the intervening links.
