TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Murder-Suicide--An Extended Suicide
JO  - International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
A1  - Palermo, G.B.
SP  - 205
EP  - 216
VL  - 38
IS  - 3
N2  - The author reviews the syndrome of murder-suicide, focusing particularly on the jealous-paranoia type. After touching upon statistical data and psychoanalytical, sociological, and psychiatric theories, he proposes that a better name for this syndrome would be extended suicide. The author contends that the murderer acts primarily out of a realistic sense of loss, which might be, at times, compounded by psychological and sociological factors. In his view, the aggressor/killer is unable to accept the failure of what he thought was a good and satisfactory relationship. The killer is viewed as a fragile, dependent, ambivalent, aggressive individual who hides behind a facade of self-assertion, and is unable to withstand the reality of an unexpected rejection and, possibly, a drastic life change. He commits suicide after killing his extended Self. © 1994, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-624X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X9403800303
ID  - ref1
ER  -