title: The epidemiology of abnormal homicide and murder followed by suicide.
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.
mesh_terms: D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004739:England; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology