Citation

Lester D. Med. Sci. Law 1998; 38(2): 170-172.

Affiliation

Center for the Study of Suicide, Blackwood, New Jersey 08012, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9604658

Abstract

A time-series study of suicide and homicide rates in Australia and New Zealand from 1950-85 provided limited support for Durkheim's theory of suicide and no support for Henry and Short's theory of the relationship between suicide and homicide. The need for rival theories is discussed.

Language: en