@article{ref1,
title="Homicide-Suicide in Durban, South Africa",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2010",
author="Roberts, Karen and Wassenaar, Douglas and Canetto, S. S. and Pillay, Anthony",
volume="25",
number="5",
pages="877-899",
abstract="This study investigated homicide-suicide in Durban, South Africa, for the years 2000 to 2001. The incidence was 0.89 per 100,000, higher than the international average. A majority of perpetrators (91%) and victims (87%) were Black African, proportional to their representation in the population. Perpetrators were typically men (in 95% of cases), older than, and intimate partners (in 75% of cases) of the female victims (in 100% of cases). Average ages of perpetrators and victims were 32 and 27, respectively. The security sector was overrepresented as an employment category for perpetrators. A firearm was used in 87% of the homicides and 80% of the suicides. The individuals involved in homicide-suicides in Durban are similar to homicide-suicide perpetrators and victims in industrialized countries. The fact that homicide-suicides in South Africa, as in most countries, involve almost exclusively men killing female intimates confirms the importance of examining and challenging social norms enabling male violence against women.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260509336964",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260509336964"
}