%0 Journal Article %T Comparing homicide-suicides in the United States and Sweden %J Journal of forensic sciences %D 2016 %A Regoeczi, Wendy C. %A Granath, Sven %A Issa, Rania %A Gilson, Thomas %A Sturup, Joakim %V 61 %N 6 %P 1524-1530 %X Research on homicides followed by suicides has largely relied on very localized samples and relatively short time spans of data. As a result, little is known about the extent to which patterns within cases of homicide-suicides are geographically specific. The current study seeks to help fill this gap by comparing twenty years of homicide-suicide data for Sweden and a large U.S. county. Although some of the underlying patterns in the two countries are similar (e.g., decreasing rates), a number of important differences emerge, particularly with respect to incidence, weapons used, perpetrator age, and relationship of the perpetrator to the victim.

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%G en %I John Wiley and Sons %@ 0022-1198 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13194