A Newspaper Surveillance Study of Homicide-Suicide in the United States

Malphurs, Julie; Cohén, Donna

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“…Furthermore, it was found that IPV was common in both groups-a finding reported by others cross-culturally (Lindqvist & Gustafsson, 1995;Malphurs & Cohen, 2002;Morton, Runyan, Moracco, & Butts, 1998;Palermo, 1994;Stack, 1997). Here, physical abuse is typically committed by a possessive male and arises out of suspected infidelity.…”

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“…IPH also has the highest incidence of homicide-suicide of any type of homicide. In addition, IPH followed by a self-destructive act (SDA; for example, suicide or attempted suicide) is almost exclusively committed by men (Barber et al, 2008;Harper & Voigt, 2007;Koziol-McLain et al, 2006;Malphurs & Cohen, 2002;Marzuk, Tardiff, & Hirsch, 1992;Milroy, 1995;Roberts, 2009;Starzomski & Nussbaum, 2000). Men committing lethal SDAs leave little or nothing for scientists to learn about the antecedents of the event without resorting to secondary resources, such as psychological autopsy, for information (Cavanagh, Carson, Sharpe, & Lawrie, 2003).…”

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Intimate Partner Homicide by Presence or Absence of a Self-Destructive Act

Liem

Roberts

2009

Homicide Studies

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Intimate partner homicide is not only the most common type of domestic homicide, but is also most prevalent in homicides followed by a self-destructive act (e.g., suicide or a suicide attempt). To date, very few studies have addressed this unique circumstance of intimate partner homicide, particularly in comparison to intimate partner homicides that are not followed by a self-destructive act. One possible reason for this lack of research might be that many consider homicide and suicide discrete phenomena, therefore devaluing the similarities that might exist between them. The "Currents of Lethal Violence" analogy describes homicide and suicide as two currents in a stream of lethal violence. We propose that intimate partner homicide followed by a self-destructive act mixes these currents. This study aims to assess the differences among intimate partner homicide perpetrators who did and did not commit a self-destructive act following the homicide. Descriptive and bivariate analyses of predictive variables were obtained from the records of 341 male intimate partner homicide perpetrators held at a Dutch forensic observation hospital between 1980 and 2006, of which 44 committed a self-destructive act following the offense. Perpetrators that attempted suicide were more likely to have a diagnosis of depressive illness and to have threatened suicide prior to the offense. Perpetrators in this group showed evidence of far-reaching dependency on the victim and a fear of abandonment. Further research into this area is necessary to elucidate this issue.

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Intimate Partner Homicide by Presence or Absence of a Self-Destructive Act

Liem

Roberts

2009

Homicide Studies

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“…16 While males remain the most likely perpetrators in this age group, as many as 50% of male perpetrators identified in a study of homicide/suicide among the elderly identified the husband as the main caregiver in the relationship. 17 Recently, a comparison of homicide/suicide and suicides found that perpetrators of homicide/suicide over the age of 55 were more likely than those who died by suicide to have reported a recent illness, to have provided care for another, and to have a history of domestic violence.…”

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Characteristics of homicide followed by suicide incidents in multiple states, 2003–04

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Objective: To calculate the prevalence of homicide followed by suicide (homicide/suicide) and provide contextual information on the incidents and demographic information about the individuals involved using data from a surveillance system that is uniquely equipped to study homicide/suicide. Methods: Data are from the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). This active state-based surveillance system includes data from seven states for 2003 and 13 states for 2004. The incident-level structure facilitates identification of homicide/suicide incidents. Results: Within participating states, 65 homicide/suicide incidents (homicide rate = 0.230/100 000) occurred in 2003 and 144 incidents (homicide rate = 0.238/100 000) occurred in 2004. Most victims (58%) were a current or former intimate partner of the perpetrator. Among all male perpetrators of intimate partner homicide 30.6% were also suicides. A substantial proportion of the victims (13.7%) were the children of the perpetrator. Overall, most victims (74.6%) were female and most perpetrators were male (91.9%). A recent history of legal problems (25.3%), or financial problems (9.3%) was common among the perpetrators. Conclusions:The results support earlier research documenting the importance of intimate partner violence (IPV) and situational stressors on homicide/suicide. These results suggest that efforts to provide assistance to families in crisis and enhance the safety of IPV victims are needed to reduce risk for homicide/suicide. The consistency of the results from the NVDRS with those from past studies and the comprehensive information available in the NVDRS highlight the promise of this system for studying homicide/suicide incidents and for evaluating the impact of prevention policies and programs.H omicide followed by suicide is a relatively rare lethal incident in which an individual kills another and subsequently dies by suicide, usually shortly after the homicide.1 Past studies of homicide/suicide have estimated rates of occurrence in the US to be between 0.2-0.38 per 100 000 persons annually. 2-5

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“…Hence the image of the sinister `Extra-familial' assailant i.e. committed by a non-family member or acquaintance, is far less common, and the totally unknown stranger is even rarer (D'Orban, 1990;Somander & Rammer, 1991;Waterhouse et al, 1994;Pritchard & Bagley, 2001;Malphurs & Cohen, 2002;Romain et al, 2003;Moskowitz et al, 2005).…”

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Exploring Potential 'Extra-Familial' Child Homicide Assailants in the UK and Estimating their Homicide Rate: Perception of Risk--The Need for Debate

Pritchard¹,

Sayer

2006

British Journal of Social Work

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SummaryHigh profile child murders lead parents to fear for their children's safety, but perception of risk is often at variance with reality. We explore the numbers of potential `Extra-familial' child homicide assailants in the UK and estimate their actual murder rate to determine risk levels.A South of England study, equivalent to a 4% sample of the UK population, of a decade of consecutive child homicides identified the characteristics of child homicide assailants, finding that the most frequent assailants, the `Intrafamilial', were very different from `Extra-familial' assailants. `Extra-familial' killers were all males, aged 19-42, with convictions for Violent-Multi-CriminalChild-Sex-Abuse (VMCCSA) offences and Multi-Criminal-Child-Sex-Abuse[MCCSA], whose victims were aged 7plus years. Projecting these characteristics onto the male UK population enables us to estimate the numbers of potential UK `Extra-familial' assailants, which are set against times greater than the all children accident and cancer death rates.Though the vast majority of these potential assailants did not kill, comparatively they are extremely dangerous. Practice and ethical issues are debated, which considers active outreach for the `treatable' to possible `reviewable' custodial sentences for the VMCCSA.

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A Newspaper Surveillance Study of Homicide-Suicide in the United States

Cited by 90 publications

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Intimate Partner Homicide by Presence or Absence of a Self-Destructive Act

Intimate Partner Homicide by Presence or Absence of a Self-Destructive Act

Characteristics of homicide followed by suicide incidents in multiple states, 2003–04

Exploring Potential 'Extra-Familial' Child Homicide Assailants in the UK and Estimating their Homicide Rate: Perception of Risk--The Need for Debate

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