Journey of family members of homicide victims: a qualitative study of their posthomicide experience.
Family members of homicide victims are a neglected population whose posthomicide experience is shaped by the social milieu and primacy of the state's agenda for justice. Themes derived from interviews with 14 families about their lived experience are analyzed and explored through the lens of social constructionist theory, and implications for clinical practice and policy are presented.
Armour
Marilyn Peterson
MP
School of Social Work, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA. marmour@mail.utexas.edu
D000328:Adult; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D011582:Psychological Theory; D013997:Time Factors