Merzagora Isabella, Travaini Guido, Battistini Alessio, Pleuteri Lorenza
Sezione di Medicina Legale, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Med Sci Law. 2011 Apr;51(2):87-92. doi: 10.1258/msl.2010.010086.
Murder-suicide is a relatively rare event, and familicide is rarer still. However, it is certainly not unknown, and has been described in the scientific literature from both a socio-criminological and pathological-forensic perspective since the last century. In a civilized urban area such as Milan and province, where there is a general reduction in the homicide rate, homicide-suicide occurs almost exclusively within the family, and has specific features that differentiate it from other types of homicide, whether connected with general criminality or organized crime. This article analyses the quantitative and qualitative features of cases of homicide-suicide occurring in Milan and province between 1990 and 2009 (20 years), considering temporal aspects and the development of the events, the weapons used, and the epidemiological and psychopathological features of the perpetrators and their victims.
谋杀自杀是一种相对罕见的事件，而家庭内部成员间的谋杀则更为罕见。然而，这绝非不为人知，自上世纪以来，从社会犯罪学和病理法医学的角度，科学文献中已有相关描述。在米兰及周边这样一个文明的城市地区，凶杀率总体呈下降趋势，谋杀自杀几乎仅发生在家庭内部，且具有一些特定特征，使其有别于其他类型的凶杀案，无论这些凶杀案与一般犯罪还是有组织犯罪相关。本文分析了1990年至2009年（20年）间米兰及周边地区发生的谋杀自杀案件的数量和质量特征，考量了时间因素、事件发展、所用凶器以及犯罪者及其受害者的流行病学和精神病理学特征。
