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The epidemiology of abnormal homicide and murder followed by suicide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Jeremy Coid
Jeremy Coid*
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, London
*
1 Address for correspondence: Dr Jeremy Coid, The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ.
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Synopsis

A comparison of the homicide rate of mentally abnormal offenders and murderers who subsequently commit suicide, from a range of different populations, shows a uniform consistency when compared with the overall rates. ‘Laws’ are proposed which govern the rates within these subgroups in comparison with the population as a whole and which determine fluctuations. Qualitatively different psychiatric and sociological factors are thought to account for these findings and require further elucidation.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , November 1983 , pp. 855 - 860
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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