Type:	Journal Article
Title:	The use of firearms in intimate murder-suicide in Australia and New Zealand
Other Titles:	New Zealand sociology
Authors:	Barnes, Jo
Keywords:	Homicide
Year:	2001
Publisher:	Victoria University of Wellington. School of Social and Cultural Studies
Citation:	16 (1), 2001
Notes:	Although murder-suicide is relatively rare, the number of events per year is fairly constant and often occurs in the context of intimate or family relations. These intimate or familial murder-suicides are, in most cases, perpetrated by males who kill their female partners and/or children and are often preceded by incidents of domestic violence. This paper proposes that murder-suicide can be positioned at the extreme end of a continuum of violence. Using data from Australia and New Zealand for a period of twenty years from 1973-1992, the article explores the use of firearms to show how domestic violence can culminate in tragic death. (reprinted with permission School of Social and Cultural Studies)
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12232
ISSN:	0112-921X
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

Items in ANROWS library are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.