Murder-suicides involving children: A 29-year study

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-327

  Byard, R W ^a   Knight, D ^a   James, R A ^a   Gilbert, J ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Homicide; Murder; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHERS; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MOTHERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 0033396303     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199912000-00002     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Milroy CM, Dratsas M, Ranson DL. Homicide-suicide in Victoria, Australia. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 1997;18: 369-73.
2. Milroy CM. The epidemiology of homicide-suicide (dyadic death). Forensic Sci Int 1995;71:117-22.
3. Milroy CM. Reasons for homicide and suicide in episodes of dyadic death in Yorkshire and Humberside. Med Sci Law 1995;35:213-7.
4. Palmer S, Humphrey JA. Offender-victim relationships in criminal homicide followed by offender's suicide, North Carolina, 1972-1977. Suicide Life Threat Behav 1980;10: 106-18.
5. Goldney RD. Family murder followed by suicide. Forensic Sci 1977;9:219-28.
6. Coid J. The epidemiology of abnormal homicide and murder followed by suicide. Psychol Med 1983;13:855-60.
7. Copeland AR. Dyadic death revisited. J Forensic Sci Soc 1985;25:181-8.
8. Felthous AR, Hempel A. Combined homicide-suicide: a review. J Forensic Sci 1995;40:846-57.
9. Marzuk P, Tardiff K, Hirsch CS. The epidemiology of murder-suicide. JAMA 1992;267:3179-83.
10. Hanzlick R, Koponen M. Murder-suicide in Fulton County, Georgia: comparison with a recent report and proposed typology. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 1994;15:168-73.
11. Buteau J, Lesage AD, Kiely MC. Homicide followed by suicide: a Quebec case series, 1988-1990. Can J Psychiatry 1993;38:552-6.
12. Berman AL. Dyadic death: murder-suicide. Suicide Life Threat Behav 1979;9:15-23.
13. Milroy CM. Homicide followed by suicide (dyadic death) in Yorkshire and Humberside. Med Sci Law 1993;33:167-71.
14. West DJ. Murder Followed by Suicide. London: Heinemann, 1965.
15. Currens S, Fritsch T, Jones D, et al. Homicide followed by suicide - Kentucky, 1985-1990. MMWR 1991;40:652-9.
16. Somander LH, Rammer LM. Intra- and extra-familial child homicide in Sweden, 1971-1980. Child Abuse Negl 1991; 15:45-55.
17. Allen NH. Homicide followed by suicide: Los Angeles, 1970-1979. Suicide Life Threat Behav 1983;13:155-63.
18. Palermo GB, Smith MB, Jentzen JM, et al. Murder-suicide of the jealous paranoia type: a multicenter statistical pilot study. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 1997;18:374-83.
19. Wolfgang ME. An analysis of homicide-suicide. J Clin Exp Psychopathol 1958;19:208-18.