Comparing Homicide‐Suicides in the United States and Sweden

Regoeczi, Wendy C.; Granath, Sven; Issa, Raja R. A.; Gilson, Thomas; Sturup, Joakim

doi:10.1111/1556-4029.13194

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“…Not only are victims killed in a private location most likely to be killed by a family member or someone they know (Litwin, 2004), making the number of suspects limited, such homicides are also frequently followed by the suicide of the perpetrator. Prior studies show homicide–suicide rates in Finland and Switzerland to be considerably higher than in other European countries, with rates in Finland ranging from 0.17 to 0.20 per 100,000 (Kivivuori and Lehti, 2003; Saleva et al, 2007) and rates in Switzerland hovering around 0.09 per 100,000 (Liem et al, 2011) compared with rates of 0.07 in Sweden (Regoeczi et al, 2016) and 0.05 per 100,000 (Liem et al, 2011) in the Netherlands, respectively. The relatively high prevalence of homicide–suicide in Finland and Switzerland could partly explain the relatively high clearance rate in these countries compared with the Netherlands and Sweden.…”

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confidence: 96%

Homicide clearance in Western Europe

Liem

Suonpää²,

Lehti³

et al. 2018

European Journal of Criminology

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This study provides an overview of homicide clearance in four West European countries: Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. Using data from the European Homicide Monitor, employing similar definitions and uniform coding schemes, this study allowed for unique crosscountry comparisons in factors influencing differences in homicide clearance rates. Findings based on homicides occurring in the period 2009-14 revealed overall low homicide rates in all countries, with a wide variety in homicide clearance rates, ranging from 77 percent in the Netherlands to 98 percent in Finland. Results further showed that both event-based as well as victim-based characteristics significantly influenced the likelihood of homicide clearance, suggesting that homicide clearance rates can, for a large part, be attributed to the prevalent types of homicide in each of these European countries.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Homicide clearance in Western Europe

Liem

Suonpää²,

Lehti³

et al. 2018

European Journal of Criminology

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“…The few existing scientific reports on violent crime trends in Sweden show that since the early 1990s there has been an overall decrease in intimate partner homicides (Caman et al 2017), child homicides (Hedlund et al 2016), homicides by individuals with psychosis (Sturup and Lindqvist 2014), homicide-suicide cases (Regoeczi et al 2016) and alcohol-related homicides (Granath 2011). Previous research has also reported that gun modus was the strongest risk factor for not clearing a homicide case .…”

Section: The Trend Of Gun Violence In Swedenmentioning

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Increased Gun Violence Among Young Males in Sweden: a Descriptive National Survey and International Comparison

Sturup

Rostami

Mondani

et al. 2018

Eur J Crim Policy Res

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This population-based time-trend study examines gun violence rates among males in Sweden during the years 1996 to 2015 and compares the rate in Sweden to other Western European countries. Data were collected from six registries and are presented descriptively per 100,000 inhabitants. The risks among males in Sweden increased considerably in both lethal and non-lethal gun victimization and perpetration. Among males aged 15 to 29 there was a five-fold increase in risk for victimization in lethal and non-lethal gun violence during the 20year observation period. In a comparative perspective the rate of gun homicide victimization among males 15 to 29 years was higher in Sweden compared to other Western European countries, while the risk for males over age 30 was at an average level. Based on the results of this study we conclude that gun violence among young males in Sweden has been on the rise and is at a high level compared to other Western European countries. The development of gun violence in Sweden can be characterized as endemic, prevalent in both population and socially vulnerable areas.

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“…The rates of homicide-suicide vary considerably between different countries; the perpetrators of such events are likely to be older than perpetrators of homicide-only cases, and the victims are often female intimate partners (either former or current) (Liem, Barber, Markwalder, Killias, & Nieuwbeerta, 2011;Panczak et al, 2013). In Sweden, a declining incidence of homicide-suicides has been reported for the period 1991-2010 (Regoeczi, Granath, Issa, Gilson, & Sturup, 2016). Since homicide-suicide offenders cannot be interrogated post offense, the circumstances that precede such tragic events are sometimes difficult to disentangle, and police investigators and researchers may have to rely on notes left behind by the perpetrator as the only source of information (Sturup & Caman, 2015;Weeke & Oberwittler, 2017).…”

Section: Homicide-suicidementioning

confidence: 99%