Comparing Homicide-Suicides in the United States and Sweden

• Wendy C. Regoeczi ^[1] ; Sven Granath ^[3] ; Rania Issa ^[2] ; Thomas Gilson ^[4] ; Joakim Sturup ^[5]
  1. [1] Cleveland State University

     Cleveland State University

     City of Cleveland, Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] University of Akron

     University of Akron

     City of Akron, Estados Unidos

     
  3. [3] National Council for Crime Prevention Stockholm Sweden
  4. [4] Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office Cleveland OH
  5. [5] University Stockholm Sweden

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• Localización: Journal of forensic sciences, ISSN-e 1556-4029, ISSN 0022-1198, Vol. 61, Nº. 6, 2016, págs. 1524-1530
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Research on homicides followed by suicides has largely relied on very localized samples and relatively short time spans of data. As a result, little is known about the extent to which patterns within cases of homicide-suicides are geographically specific. The current study seeks to help fill this gap by comparing twenty years of homicide-suicide data for Sweden and a large U.S. county. Although some of the underlying patterns in the two countries are similar (e.g., decreasing rates), a number of important differences emerge, particularly with respect to incidence, weapons used, perpetrator age, and relationship of the perpetrator to the victim