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Homicide Followed by Suicide: Los Angeles, 1970–1979
Author(s) -
Allen Nancy H.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1983.tb00013.x
Subject(s) - homicide , ethnic group , depression (economics) , suicide prevention , demography , poison control , injury prevention , medicine , occupational safety and health , psychiatry , medical emergency , psychology , sociology , pathology , economics , macroeconomics , anthropology
Abstract A study of 104 homicide‐followed‐by‐suicide events in Los Angeles during 1970–1979 are reported and compared, in part, to the findings of D. J. West for Wales and England, 1954–1961. Variables discussed are age, ethnicity, sex distribution of both offenders and victims, relationship between them, methods by which victims were killed, alcohol content in victims and offenders, suicide notes, depression, and physical illness.