@article{ref1,
title="Intimate partner femicide-suicides in Gyhana: victims, offenders, and incident characteristics",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2014",
author="Adinkrah, Mensah",
volume="20",
number="9",
pages="1078-1096",
abstract="The present study investigated the scope, nature, and determinants of intimate partner femicide-suicides (IPFS) that occurred in Ghana during 1990 to 2009. All 35 reported cases of intimate partner homicide-suicides with female homicide victims that occurred during the study period were extracted from a major Ghanaian daily newspaper. <br><br>FINDINGS indicate that offenders were of lower socioeconomic background and tended to be older than their victims. The results further show that shooting with a firearm and hacking with a machete were the primary homicide methods, whereas self-inflicted gunshots and hanging were the dominant suicide methods. <br><br>RESULTS showed that suspicion of infidelity and sexual jealousy were core contributing factors in arguments, disputes, and altercations that preceded the femicide-suicides. Furthermore, estrangement and threatened divorce or separation by the female intimate partner was a major precipitant of femicide-suicides.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801214549637",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801214549637"
}