Forensic Science International
Volume 206, Issue 1 , Pages 185-189, 20 March 2011

Homicide–suicide in the United States, 1968–1975

  • F. Stephen Bridges

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health, Leisure, and Exercise Science, The University of West Florida, 11,000 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL 32514-5750, USA
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  • David Lester

      Affiliations

    • School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA
    • Tel.: +1 609 652 4254.

Received 13 February 2010; received in revised form 14 June 2010; accepted 5 August 2010. published online 02 September 2010.

Abstract 

This paper describes for the first time the epidemiology of homicide–suicide events in the whole of the United States using archival data. From 1968 to 1975, there were 2215 homicide–suicide events out of 123,467 homicides. The mean rate of homicide–suicide events was 0.134 per 100,000 per year. The murderers in these events differ from the typical murderer and the typical suicide in socio-demographic characteristics. Details of the characteristics of this population may be valuable for understanding the circumstances of homicide–suicide events and planning preventive measures.

Keywords: Epidemiology, Homicide, Suicide, Homicide–suicide, Murder followed by suicide

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PII: S0379-0738(10)00391-9

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.08.003

Forensic Science International
Volume 206, Issue 1 , Pages 185-189, 20 March 2011

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