Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 62-66 , February 2010

A half century retrospective study of homicide–suicide in Geneva – Switzerland: 1956–2005

Received 6 November 2008 ,Revised 7 May 2009 ,Accepted 9 September 2009.

References 

  1. Saint-Martin P, Bouyssy M, O’Byrne P. Homicide–suicide in Tours, France (2000–2005) – description of 10 cases and a review of the literature. J Forensic Legal Med. 2008;15(2):104–109
  2. Saleva O, Putkonen H, Kiviruusu O, Lönnqvist J. Homicide–suicide – an event hard to prevent and separate from homicide or suicide. Forensic Sci Int. 2007;166(2–3):204–208[Mar 2]
  3. Cosmstock RD, Mallonee S, Kruger E, Rayno K, Vance A, Jordan F. Epidemiology of homicide–suicide events: Oklahoma, 1994–2001. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2005;26(3):229–235
  4. Malphurs JE, Cohen D. A statewide case-control study of spousal homicide–suicide in older persons. Am J Geriatr Psychiatr. 2005;13(3):211–217
  5. Barraclough B, Harric EC. Suicide preceded by murder: the epidemiology of homicide–suicide in England and Wales 1988–1992. Psychol Med. 2002;32(4):577–584
  6. Haenel T, Elasser PN. Double suicide and homicide–suicide in Switzerland. Crisis. 2000;21(3):122–125
  7. Bossarte RM, Simon TR, Barker L. Characteristics of homicide followed by suicide incidents in multiple states, 2003–2004. Inj Prev. 2006;12(Suppl. 2):ii33–ii38
  8. Lecomte D, Fornes P. Homicide followed by suicide: Paris and its suburbs, 1991–1996. J Forensic Sci. 1998;43(4):760–764
  9. Logan J, Hill HA, Black ML, Crosby AE, Karch DL, Barnes JD, et al. Characteristics of perpetrators in homicide-followed-by-suicide incidents: national violent death reporting system – 17 US States, 2003–2005. Am J Epidemiol. 2008;168(9):1056–1064[Epub 2008 September 15]
  10. Chan CY, Beh SL, Broadburst RG. Homicide–suicide in Hong Kong, 1989–1998. Forensic Sci Int. 2004;140(2–3):261–267
  11. Travis AR, Johnson LJ, Milroy CM. Homicide–suicide (dyadic death), homicide, and firearms use in England and Wales. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2007;28(4):314–318
  12. Milroy CM. Murder–suicide. In:  Payne-James J,  Byard RW,  Corey TS,  Henderson C editor. Encyclopedia of forensic and legal medicine. London: Elsevier Ltd.; 2005;
  13. Milroy CM. Homicide followed by suicide: remorse or revenge?. J Clin Forensic Med. 1998;5(2):61–64
  14. Byard RW, Knight D, James RA, Gilbert J. Murder–suicides involving children: a 29-year study. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1999;20(4):323–327
  15. Felthous AR, Hempel AG, Heredia A, et al. Combined homicide–suicide in Galveston county. J Forensic Sci. 2001;46(3):586–592
  16. Malphurs JE, Cohen D. A newspaper surveillance study of homicide–suicide in the United States. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2002;23(2):142–148
  17. Campanelli C, Gilson T. Murder–suicide in New Hampshire, 1995–2000. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2002;23(3):248–251
  18. Adinkrah M. Homicide–suicides in Fiji: offense patterns, situational factors, and sociocultural contexts. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2003;33(1):65–73
  19. Chan Ching-yee Aris. Hostility in homicide–suicide events: a typological analysis with data from a Chinese society, Hong Kong, 1989–2003. Asian J Criminol. 2007;2(1):1–18
  20. Gupta BD, Gambhir Singh O. A unique trend of murder–suicide in the Jamnagar region of Gujarat, India (A retrospective study of 5 years). J Forensic Leg Med. 2008;15(4):250–255[Epub 2008 April 11]
  21. Fernandez CC, La Harpe R. Intentional homicides in the Geneva canton (1971–1990). Arch Kriminol. 1996;197(3–4):111–117
  22. LaFree G, Drass KA. Homicide trends in Finland and 33 other nations since 1955: is Finland still exceptional? In: Lappi-Seppälä T, editor. Homicide in Finland: trends and patterns in historical and comparative perspective. The National Research Institute of Legal Policy, Publication No. 181, Helsinki; 2001.

PII: S1752-928X(09)00151-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.09.003

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 62-66 , February 2010

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution