Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Homicide-suicides compared to homicides and suicides: systematic review and meta-analysis
Other Titles:	Forensic Science International
Authors:	Tal, Kali Egger, Matthias Panczak, Radoslaw Geissbuhler, Michael Zwahlen, Marcel Killias, Martin
Keywords:	Risk factors;Perpetrators;Homicide
Year:	2013
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Citation:	233 (1-3), December 2013
Notes:	This review article uses 27 studies gleaned from a search of Medline and Embase databases to compare perpetrators of homicide-suicides with perpetrators of simple homicides and suicides. The proportion of firearm use in these cases and how it was correlated to firearm availability was also examined. * Perpetrators of homicide-suicides were older, likely to be male and married or separated from the victims of the homicide compared to the perpetrators of simple homicides or suicides * Alcohol use, history of unemployment or domestic violence were less likely to be risk factors in homicide-suicides than in simple homicides The authors conclude that homicide-suicides are a unique kind of violence whose features set them apart from both homicides and suicides.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/15079
ISSN:	0379-0738
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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