Psychological medicine
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Psychological medicine · May 2002
Suicide preceded by murder: the epidemiology of homicide-suicide in England and Wales 1988-92.
We describe for the first time the epidemiology of homicide-suicide incidents for England and Wales. Previous descriptions have been of incidents in London (1946-62) and Yorkshire and Humberside (1975-1992). ⋯ Homicide-suicide in England and Wales is mostly 'a family matter', men of predominantly lower social class killing their kin, and pre-menopausal mothers their young children, before they kill themselves. A few men kill strangers during a crime and then themselves.