%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.
© 2016 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
Language: en
%G en %I John Wiley and Sons %@ 0022-1198 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13194