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  • Title: Risk factors for femicide-suicide in abusive relationships: results from a multisite case control study.
    Author: Koziol-McLain J, Webster D, McFarlane J, Block CR, Ulrich Y, Glass N, Campbell JC.
    Journal: Violence Vict; 2006 Feb; 21(1):3-21. PubMed ID: 16494130.
    Abstract:
    The killing of women by men who then take their own lives (femicide-suicide) is the most common form of homicide-suicide. This study identified femicide-suicide risk factors in an 11-city case-control study of femicide in the United States. Perpetrator, victim, relationship, and incident characteristics were analyzed for femicide-suicide cases (n = 67) and controls (n = 356, women living in the community with nonfatal physical abuse) using logistic regression modeling. Two risk factors emerged that were unique to femicide-suicides cases compared to overall femicide risk analyses: prior perpetrator suicide threats and victims having ever been married to the perpetrator.
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