A Comparison of Intimate Partner Homicide to Intimate Partner Homicide–Suicide
- 1 September 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Violence Against Women
- Vol. 14 (9), 1065-1078
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801208321983
Abstract
The authors compare cases of female intimate partner homicide–suicide to female intimate partner homicide alone to describe risk factors and suggest prevention strategies, including strategies in the medical setting. Differences are found between the types of cases in marital relationship, age, blood alcohol, and the use of firearms. Physicians and other health care providers who treat victims of intimate partner violence and patients at risk for suicide should be aware of the interwoven risk factors within these populations. Interventions aimed at suicide prevention as well as targeted removal of firearms should be investigated as tools in the prevention of intimate partner homicide.Keywords
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