@article{ref1,
title="Homicide in Tours (Indre-et-Loire, France): A four-year review",
journal="Journal of clinical forensic medicine",
year="2006",
author="Saint-Martin, Pauline and Bouyssy, Marie and Bathellier, Stephane and Sarraj, Saad and O'Byrne, P.",
volume="13",
number="6-8",
pages="331-334",
abstract="This retrospective study examined homicides in two French departments located in the West of France (Indre-et-Loire and Loir-et-Cher) for a four-year period from 2000 to 2003. During this period 63 homicidal deaths were investigated at the Institute of Forensic Science of Tours (Indre-et-Loire). There were 45 male and 18 female victims with an average homicide rate of 1.55 per 100,000 persons. The mean age of the victims was 42 years-old. Forty-five assailants were identified; their mean age was 38 years-old. The most common method of homicide was the use of firearms (40% of the cases), followed by blunt-force injury (36%) and sharp-force injury (16%). 51% of the victims knew their assailant, a family member in 26% of the cases. Spousal homicides occurred in 16% of the cases. Dyadic death occurred in six cases. A review of the literature compares these findings to other populations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1353-1131",
doi="10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.06.014",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.06.014"
}