title: Homicide-suicides in Fiji: offense patterns, situational factors, and sociocultural contexts.
abstract: Although there is growing literature on lethal violence in developing nations, homicide-suicides have rarely been studied. Addressing this issue, this paper analyzes all homicide-suicides that occurred in Fiji between 1982 and 1992. The study's results are consistent with prior research in Western developed nations, demonstrating that homicide-suicides constitute a minuscule proportion of all homicides, occur primarily between intimate relations, are precipitated by intrafamilial discord, and occur in the domestic setting. Contrary to prior research, however, perpetrators of homicide-suicide were equally divided between men and women and no firearms were utilized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, USA. adink1m@cmich.edu
authors.forename: Mensah
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adinkrah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D005367:Fiji / Q000453:epidemiology; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008016:Life Change Events; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012931:Social Environment; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*