The epidemiology of abnormal homicide and murder followed by suicide
- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 13 (4) , 855-860
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700051576
Abstract
A comparison of the homicide rate of mentally abnormal offenders and murderers who subsequently commit suicide, from a range of different populations, shows a uniform consistency when compared with the overall rates. ‘Laws’ are proposed which govern the rates within these subgroups in comparison with the population as a whole and which determine fluctuations. Qualitatively different psychiatric and sociological factors are thought to account for these findings and require further elucidation.Keywords
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