Intra- and extrafamilial child homicide in Sweden 1971–1980

Somander, Lis K.H.; Rammer, Lennart

doi:10.1016/0145-2134(91)90089-v

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“…The one remarkable finding concerning the outcome of the fatal-abuse incident was the number of murder-suicides among the young child and child groups. Several previous studies have commented on the relationship of murder-suicides to fatal abuse (Abramsky & Helfman, 1996;Bourget & Bradford, 1990;Somander & Rammer, 1991;Resnick, 1969;Trocme & Lindsey, 1996). Generally, these studies report significant portions (from 13% to 71%) of fatal-abuse cases end in the suicide of the perpetrator.…”

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Victim, perpetrator, family, and incident characteristics of infant and child homicide in the United States Air Force

Lucas

Wezner

Milner

et al. 2002

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Objective: The present study describes factors related to fatal abuse in three age groups in the United States Air Force (USAF). Method: Records from 32 substantiated cases of fatal child abuse in the USAF were independently reviewed for 60 predefined factors. Results: Males were over-represented in young child victims (between 1 year and 4 years of age) and child victims (between 4 years and 15 years of age) but not in infant victims (between 24 hours and 1 year of age). African-American infant victims and perpetrators were over-represented. Younger victims were more likely to have been previously physically abused by the perpetrator. Perpetrators were predominantly male and the biological fathers of the victims. Infant and young child perpetrators reported childhood abuse histories, while child perpetrators reported the highest frequency of mental health contact. Victims' families reported significant life stressors. Families of young child victims were more likely divorced, separated, or single. Incidents with infants and young children tended to occur without witnesses; incidents with child victims tended to have the victim's sibling(s) and/or mother present. Fatal incidents were more frequent on the weekend, in the home, and initiated by some family disturbance. Conclusions: Differences among groups in factors related to infant and child homicide across age groups may assist in the development of more tailored abuse prevention efforts and may also guide future investigations.

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Victim, perpetrator, family, and incident characteristics of infant and child homicide in the United States Air Force

Lucas

Wezner

Milner

et al. 2002

Child Abuse & Neglect

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“…Dubé et al, 2005;Léveillée et al, 2007), most studies focus on the characteristics of either male or female perpetrators (Bourget and Bradford, 1990;Campion et al, 1988;D'Orban, 1979D'Orban, , 1990Malmquist, 1980;Marks and Kumar, 1996;Marleau et al, 1999;McGrath, 1992;Oberman, 2003;Somander and Rammer, 1991). Our aims in this study were to examine both maternal and paternal fi licide and attempted fi licide, comparing victim, offence and perpetrator characteristics.…”

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Filicide: A comparative study of maternal versus paternal child homicide

Liem

Koenraadt

2008

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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“…In this article I have tried to assist in shifting the debate onto more solid ground. Somander and Rammer, 1991: …”

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The Swedish Myth: The Corporal Punishment Ban and Child Death Statistics

Beckett¹

2005

British Journal of Social Work

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Sweden is widely believed to have an exceptionally low incidence of child maltreatment deaths. Since Sweden is also the first country to have outlawed all forms of corporal punishment, proponents of a total ban on corporal punishment, in the UK and elsewhere, have argued that this demonstrates that such a ban prevents fatal child abuse. While not taking sides on the corporal punishment issue, this paper demonstrates that the argument is misleading on several counts. The available evidence suggests that Sweden has a low, though not uniquely low, incidence of child maltreatment deaths. Widely cited statistics suggesting that Sweden is an entirely different league from other countries are, however, seriously misleading. Nor does the evidence really allow us to conclude that Sweden's relative success in this area is attributable to the ban on corporal punishment. Other countries without a corporal punishment ban also have low or lower child maltreatment death rates, the figures that are commonly cited in any case predate Sweden's corporal punishment ban and there are a number of other important variables, other than a ban on corporal punishment, that could account for international variations. The article concludes with some thoughts about the selective use of evidence in debates of this kind.

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Intra- and extrafamilial child homicide in Sweden 1971–1980

Cited by 147 publications

References 7 publications

Victim, perpetrator, family, and incident characteristics of infant and child homicide in the United States Air Force

Victim, perpetrator, family, and incident characteristics of infant and child homicide in the United States Air Force

Filicide: A comparative study of maternal versus paternal child homicide

The Swedish Myth: The Corporal Punishment Ban and Child Death Statistics

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