Cengija Morana, Cuculic Drazen, Petaros Anja, Sosa Ivan, Bosnar Alan
Department of Forensic Medicine and Criminalistics, Rijeka University, Rijeka, Croatia.
Med Sci Law. 2012 Oct;52(4):217-22. doi: 10.1258/msl.2012.012006. Epub 2012 Aug 8.
The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence and characteristics of homicide-suicide events in Southwestern Croatia from 1986-2009 relying on autopsy reports of the Department of Forensic Medicine and Criminalistics, Rijeka and police records. A total of 17 cases involving 19 victims were identified. The perpetrators were most often men (82%), living in a spousal relationship with the victim. In 76.5% cases, suicide was committed immediately after homicide, and the same mean (most often an illegal firearm) was used for both. After examining the belongings of those involved in homicide-suicides, two factors differentiated our study from others, i.e. more victims and perpetrators were from the lower socioeconomic class and explosives were used in two homicide-suicide (12%) cases. The greater frequency of explosive used in homicide-suicide events may be a result of factors associated with the recent war fought in Croatia. These data prove the influence of sociological, historical and also political factors on the characteristics of a rare event such as homicide-suicide.
本研究旨在依据里耶卡法医学与刑事科学系的尸检报告及警方记录，调查1986年至2009年克罗地亚西南部地区他杀后自杀事件的发生情况及特征。共识别出17起涉及19名受害者的案件。犯罪者多为男性（82%），与受害者存在配偶关系。在76.5%的案件中，自杀在他杀后立即发生，且二者使用的凶器相同（最常见的是非法枪支）。在检查他杀后自杀事件相关人员的财物后，有两个因素使我们的研究有别于其他研究，即更多的受害者和犯罪者来自社会经济较低阶层，且有两起（12%）他杀后自杀案件使用了爆炸物。他杀后自杀事件中爆炸物使用频率较高可能是与克罗地亚近期战争相关的因素所致。这些数据证明了社会学、历史以及政治因素对他杀后自杀这种罕见事件特征的影响。
