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... these filicides, 18 % of the victims are minors and 3 % are adults (Fig. 1). Filicide-suicides of minors mainly involve victims between the ages of 1 and 15 years (they represent 87 % of minor victims killed by parents who commit suicide) ( Table 2). The concept of neonaticide refers to situations in which the victim is less than 24 h old. ...Citations
... The leading causes of homicides were conflicts, divorces, and separations, with men from Russia more likely to have mental disorders. This finding goes in line with the findings of previous studies (Barraclough & Harris, 2002;Larchet et al., 2023;Leung & Joosse, 2023;Moskowitz et al., 2006;Saleva et al., 2007;Schwab-Reese & Peek-Asa, 2019). Also, the high proportion of murders with the help of piercing objects in the Russian Federation coincide in this aspect with studies in which firearms are not found at all (China) (Chan et al., 2003) or are not used so often (England, Wales) (Flynn et al., 2015). ...
This study compares the features of homicide-suicide in Russia and Pakistan. To understand this, we conducted a content analysis of news reports about homicide-suicide published in Pakistani and Russian newspapers between March 2020 and May 2023. We identified 35 and 104 homicide-suicide cases in Pakistani and Russian media, respectively. Men were three to five times more likely to commit homicide-suicides than women (3.16: 1 in Russia; 4.83: 1 in Pakistan). Accounting for over 65.73% of all homicide-suicides, spousal homicide-suicides and filicide-suicide were the most common homicide-suicides in both regions. Filicide-suicides were more often done by Russian women and extra-family homicide-suicides by Pakistani women. Reasons for homicide-suicides in Pakistani women were divorce or separation and in Russian women – mental disorders. With the difference of homicide in the victims, Pakistani victims were aged 15–30 years, while Russian were 31–45 years and 46 years and older. There were more similarities in homicide-suicides than differences.
