%0 Journal Article
%A Zimmermann, Milan
%A Tsokos, Michael
%T Typology of murder-suicides in Berlin according to a longitudinal study based on autopsy files.
%J Forensic science, medicine, and pathology
%V 17
%N 2
%@ 1556-2891
%C [S.l.]
%I Springer
%M DZNE-2021-01164
%P 247 - 253
%D 2021
%X Murder-suicides are defined as the murder of at least one person and the suicide of the offender following the murder. The intention to commit suicide must be primary. In most cases, a male offender kills a female victim after a separation. The current analysis was the first analysis of the typology of murder-suicides in Berlin. We analyzed the autopsy files of the Institute for Forensic Medicine of the Charité University Medicine Berlin and of the City Institute for Forensic Medicine Berlin. We performed descriptive and statistical analyses of cases between 2005 and 2013. We identified 17 murder-suicides. All 17 offenders were male, and 20 of the victims (90
%K Aged
%K Aged, 80 and over
%K Autopsy
%K Berlin
%K Female
%K Homicide: statistics & numerical data
%K Humans
%K Longitudinal Studies
%K Male
%K Middle Aged
%K Retrospective Studies
%K Suicide: statistics & numerical data
%K Criminal law (Other)
%K Depression (Other)
%K Homicide-suicides (Other)
%K Murder-suicides (Other)
%K Psychopathology (Other)
%K Suicides (Other)
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:33564976
%2 pmc:PMC7872115
%R 10.1007/s12024-021-00360-6
%U https://pub.dzne.de/record/157707