@article{ref1,
title="Domestic/family homicide: a systematic review of empirical evidence",
journal="Trauma, violence, and abuse",
year="2022",
author="Truong, Mandy and Yeganeh, Ladan and Cartwright, Anna and Ward, Emma and Ibrahim, Joseph and Cuschieri, Dominique and Dawson, Myrna and Bugeja, Lyndal",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Domestic/family homicide (D/FH) is a global social, economic and public health problem. To date, the research studies into risk factors associated with D/FH has largely focused on intimate partner homicide (IPH). A more contemporary approach recognizes that D/FH extends beyond the intimate partner relationship. This systematic review sought to identify and quantify the individual, relationship, community and societal factors in the empirical evidence literature on D/FH. <br><br>METHODS: Eight electronic databases were searched from January 1999 to December 2020. Published journal articles on studies of D/FH were included if the study included victims and/or perpetrator of D/FH, reported risk and/or protective factors associated with D/FH, reported primary data and was published in English. Factors were descriptively synthesized by the categories of the social ecological model and D/FH sub-type. <br><br>RESULTS: Three hundred and forty published articles met the inclusion criteria. From 1999 to 2020 the number of articles on D/FH increased globally from 10 to 40 respectively, declining to 23 in 2020. Almost half of the articles examined populations located in the Americas (160, 47.1%), predominately the United States and the majority of articles used quantitative designs (277, 81.5%). The forms of homicide more commonly studied were intimate partner (171, 50.3%), and filicide (98, 28.8%). Approximately 90% of articles reported individual victim and perpetrator factors, 64.7% examined relationship factors, 17.9% examined community factors and 15.6% examined societal factors. <br><br>CONCLUSION: To inform universal and targeted D/FH elimination and prevention strategies, more research across different regions and a greater emphasis on community and societal-level factors is needed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1524-8380",
doi="10.1177/15248380221082084",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15248380221082084"
}