Maternal Filicide and Its Intersection With Suicide

Maternal filicide, child murder by the mother, may occur either alone or as part of a joint filicide–suicide. This study considered differences among 3 groups of mothers who committed filicide: those who did so without a concomitant suicide attempt, those who made a...

Injury Patterns of Female Homicide Victims in South Africa

Background Injury patterns and interpretation of injuries in homicidal deaths are important components of medicolegal autopsies. The objective of this article is to describe the incidence of female homicides and their related injury patterns with reference to autopsy...

Close Is Dead: Determinants of Firearm Injury Lethality in Women

Background Accurate data regarding intimate partner violence is difficult to obtain, particularly when examining only homicides or trauma registries. This study characterizes firearm violence against women by examining data from both the county coroner and an urban...