Citation

Ghadipasha M, Forouzesh M, Ameri M, Tabatabaie SM, Heidari M. Med. J. Islam. Repub. Iran 2022; 36: e11.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Tehran University of Medical Sciences)

DOI

10.47176/mjiri.36.11

PMID

35999936

PMCID

PMC9386742

Abstract

The family is viewed by most people as providing a lov- ing environment, but for some, the family environment can be deadly and pernicious (1). Five million adults have experienced the killing of an immediate family member (2). According to the increasing trend of familial homicide in our country, Iran, in recent years, we overviewed dif- ferent aspects of familial homicide to better understand characteristics of this social dilemma and help to develop further social policies and training programs for high-risk population.

During a 5-year period between April 2014 to March 2019, data of 138 cadavers were reviewed which were died due to familial homicide in Tehran. There were 75 (54.3%) females and the mean age of victims was 33.60±14.90 (the mean age in male was 34.10 (SD=14.80) and in female was 33.14 (SD=15.06, P=0.722). There were 17 victims aged under 20 years (12.3 %), 84 victims between 21 and 40 years (60.9 %) and 37 victims more than 40 years (26.8 %). Of 138 cases, the most common murderers were husband (38%), brother (16.7%), father (8.7%), wife (8.0%), sonship (5.1%) and mother (1.4%). Intimate partner killing (46%) was the most common type of homicide and killing a wife was 5 times more than kill- ing a husband. Sharp force trauma (50%) was the most common cause of death in victims and blunt trauma (22.5%) was in the second rank...

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