The Self and the Psychology of Domestic Homicide-Suicide

Starzomski, Andrew; Nussbaum, David

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“…Homicide followed by suicide during IPH in the US constitutes some 74% of homicides that are followed by suicide across all categories (Campbell et al 2007). This pattern has been established on an international basis indicating a consistent characteristic of IPH across differing culture and geography (Starzomski and Nussbaum 2000). Despite the high prevalence of domestic callouts to police, IPH fortunately constitutes a tiny fraction of all domestic cases.…”

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Intimate Partner Homicide in England and Wales 2011–2013: Pathways to Prediction from Multi-agency Domestic Homicide Reviews

Bridger

Strang

Parkinson

et al. 2017

Camb J Evid Based Polic

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Research Question What pathways to more accurate prediction of intimate partner homicide (IPH) can be found by reviewing two years of official Domestic Homicide Reviews in England and Wales? Data This study conducted a detailed review of investigative source material, police database information and the official independent author reviews of the 188 cases of intimate partner homicide recorded in England and Wales between April 2011 and March 2013. Methods Descriptive analytical techniques were used to explore the prevalence of various characteristics of victims, offenders and relationships in these cases, with special attention given to offender suicide ideation as a precursor to the crimes. Findings Offenders in these cases were 86% male, with high rates of both chronic substance abuse (61%) and prior reported offending (50%) against their homicide victim. The most disproportionately prevalent characteristic appears to be that 40% of the male offenders were known by someone, but often not to police, as suffering suicidal ideation, self-harm or attempted suicides. The prevalence of that marker, while not measureable in the general population, is over four times higher than the pre-offence police indications of suicidal tendencies across 80 domestic homicides in Leicestershire (Button et al., 2017). Conclusions It is plausible that many more intimate partner homicides might be accurately predicted, and perhaps prevented, with more public investment in obtaining data on suicidal indicators and more proactive treatment of domestic abuse offenders known to suffer suicidal tendencies.

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Intimate Partner Homicide in England and Wales 2011–2013: Pathways to Prediction from Multi-agency Domestic Homicide Reviews

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Strang

Parkinson

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“…Although both men and women commit IPH, men perpetrate three of every four incidences. IPH is the only form of lethal violence in which women are the principal victims (Koziol-McLain et al, 2006;Milroy, 1995;Starzomski & Nussbaum, 2000). IPH also has the highest incidence of homicide-suicide of any type of homicide.…”

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“…IPH also has the highest incidence of homicide-suicide of any type of homicide. In addition, IPH followed by a self-destructive act (SDA; for example, suicide or attempted suicide) is almost exclusively committed by men (Barber et al, 2008;Harper & Voigt, 2007;Koziol-McLain et al, 2006;Malphurs & Cohen, 2002;Marzuk, Tardiff, & Hirsch, 1992;Milroy, 1995;Roberts, 2009;Starzomski & Nussbaum, 2000). Men committing lethal SDAs leave little or nothing for scientists to learn about the antecedents of the event without resorting to secondary resources, such as psychological autopsy, for information (Cavanagh, Carson, Sharpe, & Lawrie, 2003).…”

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Intimate Partner Homicide by Presence or Absence of a Self-Destructive Act

Liem

Roberts

2009

Homicide Studies

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Intimate partner homicide is not only the most common type of domestic homicide, but is also most prevalent in homicides followed by a self-destructive act (e.g., suicide or a suicide attempt). To date, very few studies have addressed this unique circumstance of intimate partner homicide, particularly in comparison to intimate partner homicides that are not followed by a self-destructive act. One possible reason for this lack of research might be that many consider homicide and suicide discrete phenomena, therefore devaluing the similarities that might exist between them. The "Currents of Lethal Violence" analogy describes homicide and suicide as two currents in a stream of lethal violence. We propose that intimate partner homicide followed by a self-destructive act mixes these currents. This study aims to assess the differences among intimate partner homicide perpetrators who did and did not commit a self-destructive act following the homicide. Descriptive and bivariate analyses of predictive variables were obtained from the records of 341 male intimate partner homicide perpetrators held at a Dutch forensic observation hospital between 1980 and 2006, of which 44 committed a self-destructive act following the offense. Perpetrators that attempted suicide were more likely to have a diagnosis of depressive illness and to have threatened suicide prior to the offense. Perpetrators in this group showed evidence of far-reaching dependency on the victim and a fear of abandonment. Further research into this area is necessary to elucidate this issue.

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“…Based on these findings, Cooper and Eaves (1996) conclude that an HS is more similar to a suicide than to a homicide. Placing emphasis on the suicidal characteristics, self psychology, and other suicide theories are enlisted to explain an HS event (Palermo et al 1997;Baumeister 1990;Starzomski and Nussbaum 2000;see detailed discussion in Chan 2005).…”

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Hostility in Homicide–Suicide Events: A Typological Analysis with Data from a Chinese Society, Hong Kong, 1989–2003

Chan

2007

Asian Criminology

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As many as one-quarter of uroxicides [Johnson and Hotton (2003) Homicide Studies 7:58-84] and filicides [Wilczynski (1997) Child Homicide, London: Greenwich Medical Media] end in the suicide of the offender. As in homicide-or suicide-only events, homicide-suicide (HS) can arise from a variety of circumstances, ranging from relationship breakdown, to financial and health problems. However, to date our understanding of this disheartening phenomenon remains limited. As an HS event comprises both a homicidal and a suicidal component, the question of whether HS is primarily an extended suicide dominated by weariness or an alternate form of homicide overwhelmed by anger is a contentious topic. This article argues that there are at least two types of HS, with one type being dominated by hostility against the victim, whilst in the other hostility is not apparent. Based on HS events that occurred between 1989 and 2003 in Hong Kong, significant differences are found between these two types of HS in terms of offender and victim characteristics, antecedent, offender-victim relationships, situational factors and modes of killing. This is the first HS typological classification built on the hostility debate that has been validated with empirical data.

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The Self and the Psychology of Domestic Homicide-Suicide

Cited by 42 publications

References 18 publications

Intimate Partner Homicide in England and Wales 2011–2013: Pathways to Prediction from Multi-agency Domestic Homicide Reviews

Intimate Partner Homicide in England and Wales 2011–2013: Pathways to Prediction from Multi-agency Domestic Homicide Reviews

Intimate Partner Homicide by Presence or Absence of a Self-Destructive Act

Hostility in Homicide–Suicide Events: A Typological Analysis with Data from a Chinese Society, Hong Kong, 1989–2003

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