Risk factors for femicide-suicide in abusive relationships: results from a multisite case control study.
The killing of women by men who then take their own lives (femicide-suicide) is the most common form of homicide-suicide. This study identified femicide-suicide risk factors in an 11-city case-control study of femicide in the United States. Perpetrator, victim, relationship, and incident characteristics were analyzed for femicide-suicide cases (n = 67) and controls (n = 356, women living in the community with nonfatal physical abuse) using logistic regression modeling. Two risk factors emerged that were unique to femicide-suicides cases compared to overall femicide risk analyses: prior perpetrator suicide threats and victims having ever been married to the perpetrator.
Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. jane.koziol-mclain@aut.ac.nz
Jane
J
Koziol-McLain
Daniel
D
Webster
Judith
J
McFarlane
Carolyn Rebecca
CR
Block
Yvonne
Y
Ulrich
Nancy
N
Glass
Jacquelyn C
JC
Campbell
D000328:Adult; D018585:Battered Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016387:Women's Health