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Murders and suicide: Are they polar opposites
Author(s) -
Lester David
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/bsl.2370050106
Subject(s) - poison control , suicide prevention , psychology , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , empirical research , criminology , social psychology , psychoanalysis , epistemology , medical emergency , medicine , philosophy
This article explores the relationship between suicidal and murderous desires. Freud's psychological theory and Henry and Short's sociological theory are reviewed, and empirical studies that bear on the issue are examined. There is not sufficient information as yet to confirm or disconfirm that murder and suicide are polar opposites, but suggestions are made for future research needed to answer this question.