TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Comparing homicide-suicides in the United States and Sweden
JO  - Journal of forensic sciences
A1  - Regoeczi, Wendy C.
A1  - Granath, Sven
A1  - Issa, Rania
A1  - Gilson, Thomas
A1  - Sturup, Joakim
SP  - 1524
EP  - 1530
VL  - 61
IS  - 6
N2  - Research on homicides followed by suicides has largely relied on very localized samples and relatively short time spans of data. As a result, little is known about the extent to which patterns within cases of homicide-suicides are geographically specific. The current study seeks to help fill this gap by comparing twenty years of homicide-suicide data for Sweden and a large U.S. county. Although some of the underlying patterns in the two countries are similar (e.g., decreasing rates), a number of important differences emerge, particularly with respect to incidence, weapons used, perpetrator age, and relationship of the perpetrator to the victim.<br><br>© 2016 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1198
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13194
ID  - ref1
ER  -