Citation

Bridges FS. Homicide Stud. 2013; 17(2): 224-236.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1088767913483130

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article describes homicide-suicide among those aged 65 years and older in the United States using archival data from 1968 to 1975. Comparisons were made between 184 homicide-suicides and 400 randomly selected victims of all other types of homicide. The findings indicate that homicide-suicides occurred predominantly in the family unit, especially involving female spouses, and among White victims and offenders. Handguns and other firearms were the weapon of choice in homicide-suicides.

Language: en