Intimate partner homicide

Author: Leth, Peter

Source: Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, Volume 5, Number 3, September 2009 , pp. 199-203(5)

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Abstract:

Intimate partner homicides represent the most severe outcome of intimate partner violence, and constitute more than a quarter (26%) of all homicides in adults over 15 years of age in Southern Denmark. In our experience the victims of partner homicides are primarily women, often from socially disadvantaged families, and that these homicides usually are the result of an impulsive act, with the perpetrator often committing suicide after the act. The aim of this study was to investigate these hypotheses further, and to provide an up-to-date overview of intimate partner homicides in Southern Denmark.

Keywords: Murder-suicide; Homicide; Spouse; Familial

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-009-9097-5

Affiliations: 1: Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, J.B.Winsløws Vej 17, 5000, Odense C, Denmark, Email: pleth@health.sdu.dk

Publication date: 2009-09-01