Violence in America: a survey of suicide linked to homicides

Aderibigbe, Y.A.

Journal of Forensic Sciences 42(4): 662-665

1997


ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1198
PMID: 9243828
Document Number: 479356
This paper describes murder-suicide in the United States from 1990 through 1995, using the cases reported in six major newspapers. Spousal murder-suicide was the predominant type with a range of 42%-57%; familicide-suicide was the second predominant type with a range of 22%-47%. The perpetrators were predominantly males; the victims were female sexual partners or consanguineous relatives. Firearms (guns) were used in 90% of the cases. The author concludes that a national surveillance system that specifically identifies and codes this phenomenon, and multi disciplinary studies are necessary to hinder this phenomenon.

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