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Suicide and Additional Homicides Associated with Intimate Partner Homicide: North Carolina 2004–2013
- Source :
- Journal of Urban Health. 95:337-343
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018.
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Abstract
- Intimate partner homicide (IPH) is a critical public health and safety issue in the USA. In this study, we determine the prevalence and correlates of perpetrator suicide and additional homicides following intimate partner homicide (IPH) in a large, diverse state with high quality data. We extract IPHs from the North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System for 2004–2013 and identify suicides and other homicides that were part of the same incidents. We analyze the likelihood (in odds ration form) of perpetrator suicide and additional homicides using logistic regression analysis. Almost all IPH-suicide cases were by men with guns (86.6%). Almost one-half of IPHs committed by men with guns ended with suicide. Male-perpetrated IPH incidents averaged 1.58 deaths if a gun was used, and 1.14 deaths otherwise. It is well-known that gun access increases the chance that a violent domestic relationship will end in death. The current findings demonstrate that gun IPH is often coupled with additional killings. As suicidal batterers will not be deterred from IPH by threat of punishment, the results underline the importance of preemption by limiting batterers’ access to guns.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Domestic Violence
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science)
Punishment
media_common.quotation_subject
Intimate Partner Violence
Logistic regression
Article
03 medical and health sciences
Age Distribution
0302 clinical medicine
Homicide
Epidemiology
North Carolina
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Sex Distribution
Aged
0505 law
media_common
Aged, 80 and over
Intimate partner
Public health
05 social sciences
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Odds ratio
Middle Aged
Urban Studies
Suicide
Population Surveillance
050501 criminology
Domestic violence
Female
Psychology
human activities
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14682869 and 10993460
- Volume :
- 95
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Urban Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4e0940e6c4a886dd07ba48941af60051