Citation

Leth PM. Forensic Sci. Med. Pathol. 2009; 5(3): 199-203.

Affiliation

Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, J.B.Winsløws Vej 17, 5000, Odense C, Denmark, pleth@health.sdu.dk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s12024-009-9097-5

PMID

19598012

Abstract

Intimate partner homicides represent the most severe outcome of intimate partner violence, and constitute more than a quarter (26%) of all homicides in adults over 15 years of age in Southern Denmark. In our experience the victims of partner homicides are primarily women, often from socially disadvantaged families, and that these homicides usually are the result of an impulsive act, with the perpetrator often committing suicide after the act. The aim of this study was to investigate these hypotheses further, and to provide an up-to-date overview of intimate partner homicides in Southern Denmark.

Language: en