@article{ref1,
title="Cluster analysis of child homicide in South Korea",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2019",
author="Jung, KyuHee and Kim, Heesong and Lee, Eunsaem and Choi, Inseok and Lim, Hyeyoung and Lee, Bongwoo and Choi, Byungha and Kim, Junmo and Kim, Hyejeong and Hong, Hyeon-Gi",
volume="101",
number="",
pages="e104322-e104322",
abstract="BACKGROUND: There has been an insufficient in-depth analysis of the nature and prevalence of the typologies of child homicide in Asia, particularly in South Korea. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: In the current study, we sought to determine the prevalence and identify the heterogeneity of the child homicide phenomenon in South Korea. PARTICIPANT AND SETTINGS: All 341 original case files (i.e., hospital, police, and autopsy reports) of homicide incidents involving children aged 0-18 in 2016 were obtained from the forensic autopsy archives of the National Forensic Service (NFS), which handles 100 % of the medico-legal autopsies in South Korea. These were examined and reclassified based on our definition. <br><br>METHOD: A cluster analysis using Gower's distance was applied, which has rarely been utilized in this field of research. By performing a qualitative analysis, we first extracted 70 (numerical, logical, categorical) crime, victim, perpetrator, and household relevant variables, which were later utilized in the cluster analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: Among the 341 cases from 2016, 95 were judged to be at least suspicious child homicide cases. When applying the cluster analysis, eight sub-clusters were extracted: child torture, maternal filicide, neonaticide, death not related to previous abuse, paternal filicide, paternal infanticide, maternal infanticide, and psychotic killings. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The commonality and the unique aspect of the child homicide phenomenon in South Korea, in comparison with the results from previous research from other countries, are discussed.<br><br>Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104322",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104322"
}