The epidemiology of homicide-suicide in Italy: A newspaper study from 1985 to 2008

Forensic Science International

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages

  Roma, Paolo ^a   Spacca, Antonella ^a   Pompili, Maurizio ^a   Lester, David ^b   Tatarelli, Roberto ^a   Girardi, Paolo ^a   Ferracuti, Stefano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorous jealousy; Filicide; Homicide suicide; Mercy killing; Murder suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIREARM; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ITALY; JEALOUSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84855200636     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.06.022     Document Type: Article

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