TY  - JOUR
AU  - Zimmermann, Milan
AU  - Tsokos, Michael
TI  - Typology of murder-suicides in Berlin according to a longitudinal study based on autopsy files.
JO  - Forensic science, medicine, and pathology
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
SN  - 1556-2891
CY  - [S.l.]
PB  - Springer
M1  - DZNE-2021-01164
SP  - 247 - 253
PY  - 2021
AB  - 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
KW  - Aged
KW  - Aged, 80 and over
KW  - Autopsy
KW  - Berlin
KW  - Female
KW  - Homicide: statistics & numerical data
KW  - Humans
KW  - Longitudinal Studies
KW  - Male
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Retrospective Studies
KW  - Suicide: statistics & numerical data
KW  - Criminal law (Other)
KW  - Depression (Other)
KW  - Homicide-suicides (Other)
KW  - Murder-suicides (Other)
KW  - Psychopathology (Other)
KW  - Suicides (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:33564976
C2  - pmc:PMC7872115
DO  - DOI:10.1007/s12024-021-00360-6
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/157707
ER  -