Homicide-Followed-by-Suicide Incidents Involving Child Victims

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Health Behav
• Personal Author:
  Logan, Joseph E. ; Walsh, Sabrina ; Patel, Nimeshkumar ; Hall, Jeffrey E.
• Description:
  Objectives
  
  To describe homicide-followed-by-suicide incidents involving child victims
  
  Methods
  
  Using 2003–2009 National Violent Death Reporting System data, we characterized 129 incidents based on victim and perpetrator demographic information, their relationships, the weapons/mechanisms involved, and the perpetrators’ health and stress-related circumstances.
  
  Results
  
  These incidents accounted for 188 child deaths; 69% were under 11 years old, and 58% were killed with a firearm. Approximately 76% of perpetrators were males, and 75% were parents/caregivers. Eighty-one percent of incidents with paternal perpetrators and 59% with maternal perpetrators were preceded by parental discord. Fifty-two percent of incidents with maternal perpetrators were associated with maternal psychiatric problems.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Strategies that resolve parental conflicts rationally and facilitate detection and treatment of parental mental conditions might help prevention efforts.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Age Factors Article Cause Of Death Child Child, Preschool Crime Victims Family Health Female Homicide Humans Incidence Male Mental Disorders Middle Aged Population Surveillance Sex Characteristics Suicide

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• Source:
  Am J Health Behav. 37(4):531-542.
• Pubmed ID:
  23985234
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4699178
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  37
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4679a4cd6971919c174f7a40f83da96980b3e3a4cfa111b894df72a98cfc3c5f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/37228/cdc_37228_DS1.pdf
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