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MEURTRIER [15 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminal Psychology
  • Criminology
CONT

... to categorize the offenders into several groups: the chronic anti-social individual who is habitually aggressive and frequently abuses alcohol; the psychotic episode murderer whose violence is associated with delusions, loss of contact with reality and emotional tension which is relieved by the assault; and episodic or situational murderers whose assaults are the result of manic-depressive illness, organic brain dysfunction or cyclical alcoholism resulting in rage states.

Key term(s)
  • psychotic-episode murderer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie criminelle
  • Criminologie
CONT

[...] établir plusieurs catégories d'infracteurs : l'individu chroniquement anti-social qui est un agressif habituel et abuse souvent d'alcool; le meurtrier passagèrement psychotique dont la violence est associée à des fantasmes et à la perte de contact avec la réalité et qui trouve dans l'agression un exutoire à ses tensions émotionnelles; et le meurtrier occasionnel ou réactionnel dont les agressions sont dues à un syndrome maniaco-dépressif, à une dysfonction organique du cerveau ou à un alcoolisme cyclique qui provoque des états de rage.

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminal Psychology
  • Criminology
CONT

Available, published materials were used to describe 27 well-known multiple (or episodic) murderers. These cases were considered representative of the countries, time periods and diversity of crime types that constitute the phenomenon of multiple murder. To provide accurate and reliable case descriptions, two research instruments were developed from the content themes reviewed in the literature ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie criminelle
  • Criminologie

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
CONT

Pickton, 52, now faces 15 counts of first-degree murder; four more charges than the number admitted to by Canada's most notorious murderer, child killer, Clifford Olson.

CONT

A notorious killer could be coming to a prison in Saskatoon.

CONT

It is unfortunate that another high-profile murderer has not chosen to display similar courage and acceptance of guilt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
CONT

Le meurtrier notoire [...] a reconnu sa culpabilité dans ce viol, réalisé à la pointe d'un couteau, il y a deux ans.

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
DEF

A criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
DEF

Personne qui a commis un meurtre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho penal
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Record 7 2002-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

The Convention [for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombing Offences] creates new international offences: the intentional targeting of public places, government or infrastructure facilities or transportation systems with explosive or other lethal devices, including chemical or biological agents and toxins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

[La Convention internationale pour la répression des attentats terroristes à l'explosif] crée de nouvelles infractions en droit international : la prise comme cibles d'endroits publics, d'installations gouvernementales ou d'infrastructures ou encore de réseaux de transport à l'aide d'explosifs ou d'autres engins meurtriers, y compris des agents chimiques ou biologiques et des toxines.

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Security
  • CBRNE Operations
CONT

It may be possible to steal deadly agents from civilian research facilities or military stockpiles, as reportedly has occurred - in the case of chemical weapons, at least - in the former Soviet Union.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
  • Opérations CBRNE
CONT

Il serait possible de voler des agents meurtriers dans des installations de recherche civiles ou des stocks militaires, comme cela se serait déjà produit - dans le cas d'armes chimiques du moins - en ex-Union soviétique.

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

Frost that occurs when the temperature is 28°F (2°C) or lower.

CONT

A Killing Frost is a frost severe enough to end the growing season.

CONT

Any gardener knows that cold weather causes extensive damage to crops, which is the basis of the phrase "killer frost".

OBS

It may kill plants, cause damage to crops or end the growing season.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

On parle de gel meurtrier lorsque la gelée peut mettre fin à la croissance des plantes.

CONT

Selon les cultures, il est essentiel de tenir compte des dates du dernier gel printanier et du premier gel automnal. Par exemple, le pommier doit profiter d'une saison de croissance de 135 jours sans gel et de 140 à 145 jours sans gel meurtrier (-2 °C).

OBS

Gel ne désigne d'abord que «le fait de geler, d'être gelé»; il évoque surtout les manifestations du phénomène météorologique désigné sous le nom de gelée.

Spanish

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Record 10 2001-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
OBS

lethality: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
OBS

pouvoir meurtrier d'une arme.

OBS

létalité; pouvoir meurtrier : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Key term(s)
  • léthalité

Spanish

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Record 11 1999-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
  • Criminal Psychology
DEF

A person who kills in a sudden, random, and apparently motiveless manner, especially one who kills a number of people at a single location in such an attack.

OBS

A kind of multiple murderer, the other being a serial killer.

CONT

Richard Speck was not really a serial killer, but what I call a "spree killer." One terrible night in Chicago during the late 1960s, he had entered a house with the intent of robbing it, and found student nurses there.... He tied them up.... One by one, he took them into another room, assaulted them, and then killed eight of them, mainly so they could not identify him.

OBS

spree killer: Term believed to be coined by former FBI detective Robert Ressler.

Key term(s)
  • spree killing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
  • Psychologie criminelle
CONT

Contrairement au meurtrier de masse, qui ne frappe généralement qu'une seule fois au cours de sa vie, mais de façon spectaculaire, le tueur en série tue tant et aussi longtemps qu'il n'est pas appréhendé.

Spanish

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Record 12 1997-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
  • Federal Laws and Legal Documents
OBS

Bill C-344.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements fédéraux canadiens
  • Lois et documents juridiques fédéraux

Spanish

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Record 13 1996-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Operations
Key term(s)
  • high casualty incident

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations CBRNE

Spanish

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Record 14 1994-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
  • Criminal Psychology
CONT

While [Jeffrey] Dahmer inhibited many of the characteristics of the organized offender - he hunted victims, lured them to his apartment with promises of money and favors, and after death hid and concealed the evidence of his crimes - he also exhibited many dynamics associated with the disorganized offender. He had sex with his victims after death, consumed their flesh, mutilated their bodies, and kept body-part souvenirs. In [FBI] terminology, then, Dahmer was a "mixed" offender.

Key term(s)
  • mixed killer
  • mixed sexual offender
  • mixed sexual killer
  • mixed sexual murderer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
  • Psychologie criminelle
Key term(s)
  • tueur mixte

Spanish

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Record 15 1994-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
OBS

Renseignement : Institut Philippe Pinel.

Spanish

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