Intimate partner homicide.
Intimate partner homicides represent the most severe outcome of intimate partner violence, and constitute more than a quarter (26%) of all homicides in adults over 15 years of age in Southern Denmark. In our experience the victims of partner homicides are primarily women, often from socially disadvantaged families, and that these homicides usually are the result of an impulsive act, with the perpetrator often committing suicide after the act. The aim of this study was to investigate these hypotheses further, and to provide an up-to-date overview of intimate partner homicides in Southern Denmark.
Leth
Peter Mygind
PM
Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, J.B.Winsløws Vej 17, 5000 Odense C, Denmark. pleth@health.sdu.dk
D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000097:blood; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D004522:Educational Status; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D008722:Methods; D009042:Motivation; D011632:Public Assistance; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012923:Social Class; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D054041:Weapons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000473:pathology
D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D000431:Ethanol