Abstract:Purpose
This study aims to draw together what is known regarding the characteristics and context of adult family violence, and to consider what practitioners and organisations in the UK might learn from the literature.
Design/methodology/approach
This study reviews literature on adult family violence and parricide and includes illustrative cases from a study of domestic homicide review reports involving older adults.
Findings
Adult family violence most often involves mothers killed by their adult sons. Men… Show more
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