Intimate femicide followed by suicide: Examining the role of premeditation

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-90

  Dawson, Myrna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMICIDE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; INTIMATE FEMICIDE; MALE; PLANNING; REVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPOUSE ABUSE; SUICIDE; THINKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15044343335     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.35.1.76.59261     Document Type: Review

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