TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Homicide-suicides in Fiji: offense patterns, situational factors, and sociocultural contexts
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Adinkrah, Mensah
SP  - 65
EP  - 73
VL  - 33
IS  - 1
N2  - Although there is growing literature on lethal violence in developing nations, homicide-suicides have rarely been studied. Addressing this issue, this paper analyzes all homicide-suicides that occurred in Fiji between 1982 and 1992. The study's results are consistent with prior research in Western developed nations, demonstrating that homicide-suicides constitute a minuscule proportion of all homicides, occur primarily between intimate relations, are precipitated by intrafamilial discord, and occur in the domestic setting. Contrary to prior research, however, perpetrators of homicide-suicide were equally divided between men and women and no firearms were utilized.
LA  - 
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -