ABOUT
The “Intimate Partner Homicide-Suicide in the United States: A Comparison to Homicide-Only and Suicide-Only Cases” project was initiated during the January 1 to June 30, 202 project cycle. The specific aims of this project are: (1) Describe the demographic and situational characteristics of intimate partner homicide-suicide cases in the sample and explore differences between homicide-suicide cases and suicide-only and homicide-only cases; (2a) Examine the individual and case-level characteristics associated with intimate partner homicide-suicide compared to suicide-only; (2B) Examine the individual and case-level characteristics associated with intimate partner homicide-suicide compared to homicide-only cases; and (3) Review homicide-suicide narratives to identify noteworthy case characteristics (e.g., opportunities for intervention; crises preceding homicide-suicide) that are not accounted for in the quantitative analysis.
Data for this study comes from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). The data has been cleaned and is ready for analysis. Several additional variables have also been requested from to strengthen analysis. It is anticipated that these additional data will be received in August 2022. The qualitative analysis of homicide-suicide narratives is simultaneously being conducted.