Suicides and Suicide Attempts Following Homicide

Barber, Catherine; Azrael, Deborah; Hemenway, David; Olson, Lenora M.; Nie, Carrie; Schaechter, Judy; Walsh, Sabrina

doi:10.1177/1088767908319597

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“…Studies comparing IPH to IPH followed by a SDA find that employment, education (Gillespie, Hearn, & Silverman, 1998), older age, White race, cohabitation with the victim, and access to a firearm (Barber et al, 2008;Easteal, 1993;Lund & Smorodinsky, 2001) are associated with a higher likelihood of suicide following IPH. Others found that at the time of the homicide, suicidal perpetrators were more likely to be under the influence of drugs and diagnosed with major depression (Bourget, Gagne, & Moamai, 2000).…”

Section: Homicide-suicidementioning

confidence: 99%

“…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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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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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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“…Mannen zijn de voornaamste daders, die hun (ex-)partner doden met een vuurwapen (Barber et al, 2008;Saint-Martin et al, 2007) of steekwapen (Liem & Oberwittler, 2013). Daders van partnerdoding-zelfdodingen zijn ouder dan daders die geen zelfmoord plegen na de doding.…”

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“…Bij een poging heeft de dader weliswaar de intentie om zichzelf van het leven te beroven, maar slaagt hier niet in. Deze definitie volgt diverse internationale studies (Barber et al, 2008;Flynn, et al, 2009). De voor deze studie samengestelde database bestaat uit een aantal bronnen, waarbij de bestaande database Homicide-Suicide 1992-2006 (Liem, 2010;Liem & Koenraadt, 2007) is uitgebreid tot en met 2014, om zo een actueel beeld te kunnen geven.…”

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Doding gevolgd door zelfdoding in Nederland

Liem

Keeken

2016

Mens en maatschappij

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Summary Homicide followed by suicide in the NetherlandsHomicide followed by the suicide of the perpetrator often leads to shock and incomprehension. It has been suggested that media reporting on such cases could lead to an imitation effect. This article describes the nature and incidence of homicide-suicide in the Netherlands in the period 1992-2014. In addition, it assesses whether a copycat-effect can be established due to media reporting. Results show that homicide-suicides occur on average nine times per year. Intimate partner homicide-suicide and child homicide-suicide are the most frequent types of homicide-suicide. Even though several temporal clusters could be observed during the period of study, there are insufficient indications to confirm a copycat-effect. This may be attributed to the heterogeneous and multifaceted nature of this phenomenon, lacking one single potentially 'contagious' cause.

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“…A qualitative study of adolescents who survived multiple suicide attempts found that vengeance was a commonly cited motive (Orri et al, 2014). Another study found that while fewer than 5% of homicides were followed by suicide, 59% of men who killed their female intimate partner with a firearm took their own lives immediately after (Barber et al, 2008). A study in England and Wales found similar figures for homicide-suicides, but found that in cases where men killed their families and themselves, the suicide was planned prior to the homicide (Milroy, 1998).…”

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Firearm Homicide-Suicides in North Carolina: Evidence from the North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System, 2004-2014

Kerber

2016

SSRN Journal

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examines firearm homicide-suicides to discern patterns that differentiate homicide-suicides from other firearm homicides and suicides. Spanning the years [2004][2005][2006][2007][2008][2009][2010][2011][2012][2013][2014] in North Carolina, this data set allows for three sets of logistic regressions that compare: 1) Homicide-suicide victims with other homicide victims, including sub-analyses of domestic homicide victims and intimate partner homicide victims 2) Homicide-suicide perpetrators with other homicide perpetrators, including a subanalysis of domestic homicide perpetrators 3) Homicide-suicide perpetrators with other suicidal individuals that committed suicide with a gunThese three avenues of inquiry allow for a complete picture of homicide-suicide victims and perpetrators, contributing to our understanding of the patterns behind these incidents. The major findings from this analysis are:1) Almost all homicide-suicides were committed by men and involved the use of a gun. 95% of homicide-suicide perpetrators were male. 98% of homicide-suicides involved the use of a gun in at least one death, and 84% involved the exclusive use of a gun. 2) Female intimate partners, and spouses in particular, were the most frequent victims in homicide-suicides. Two thirds of homicide-suicides were intimate partner homicides. Women killed by their husbands in homicide-suicides outnumbered women killed by their husbands in simple homicides. Even when considering only intimate partner homicides, the odds that a female victim was murdered in a homicide-suicide were seven times higher than for males. 3) The termination of an abusive relationship is a major risk factor for homicidesuicide. Separation or divorce raised the odds that a killer committed suicide following a domestic homicide by 5 times. 4) More victims of homicide-suicides had restraining orders against their killers than other homicide victims. 55 homicide victims had restraining orders against their killers. Just over half of these victims died in a homicide-suicide. Among suicidal people, a restraining order raised the odds of committing homicide prior to suicide by four. 5) Mental illness and suicidal behavior are far less common in homicide-suicide perpetrators than in other suicidal individuals. 40% of solely suicidal people were suffering from Depression, compared to 9% of the homicide-suicide perpetrators. Those who committed homicide along with suicide were less likely to have left a note, expressed suicidal intentions or have made previous suicide attempts.Homicide-suicides are a patterned type of violence that is distinct from other suicides and other homicides. The evidence presented in this analysis suggests that compared to both homicides and suicides, homicide-suicides are less reflective of personal problems experienced by the perpetrator and more reflective of troubled and abusive relationships between the perpetrator and the victim(s). The evidence suggests that perpetrators become maximally violent when they have lost control of a relationship. The in...

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Suicides and Suicide Attempts Following Homicide

Cited by 62 publications

References 23 publications

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

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

Doding gevolgd door zelfdoding in Nederland

Firearm Homicide-Suicides in North Carolina: Evidence from the North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System, 2004-2014

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