02229 2200253 4500 407421 2182-9381 407421 20230103 mmmy0pory50 ba eng PT Voluntary homicides and premeditation Carlos Castro, Diana Moreira, Fernando Almeida A comprehensive review In terms of its impact on the victim, the victim’s family and friends, and the financial resources devoted to its investigation, homicide is the most severe form of antisocial behavior. Studies on voluntary homicides have focused on the experience of perpetrators and their relationship with victims, the personality of the protagonists, the motivations of the crimes, the associated risk factors, the instruments used, the locations, periods of the day and year in which the crimes are perpetrated. The characteristics and profiles of the perpetrators have also been the object of study, for which it was essential to know their personal, criminal, professional, clinical and psychological backgrounds, as well as their personality, including impulsiveness and impulse control. Thus, this review sought to explore the complex relationship between voluntary homicides and forethought/premeditation. The studies were obtained from multiple EBSCOhost databases, including Academic Search Ultimate, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Criminal Justice Abstracts, Education Source, ERIC, Humanities Abstracts, Medline, Medline with Full Text, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, Sociology Source Ultimate. Evidence of premeditation in homicide is important to the investigation of psychological processes relating to homicide, because it necessarily indicates that the perpetrator thought of committing the murder prior to the behavior [ Santo Tirso] Julho de 2020 p. 62-76 Psiquiatria, Psicologia & Justiça Nº 18 CRIMINOLOGIA HOMICÍDO CRIME PREMEDITADO Fátima Martinho 343.9 ALMEIDA Fernando CASTRO Carlos Moreira Diana PP461 0 PP_461_000000000000000 2023-01-03 478661 DGRSP DGRSP DGRSP478661 PP461 2023-01-03 0 AP