Homicide followed by suicide: A review

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 153-161

  Liem, Marieke ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Family violence; Forensic psychiatry; Forensic psychology; Homicide; Suicide; Theories

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY VIOLENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCIDENCE; INFANTICIDE; MENTAL STRESS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 77950857615     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2009.10.001     Document Type: Review

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