Analyzing Two Decades of Intimate Partner Femicide-Suicides in T?rkiye*

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dc.authorscopusid 58072570700
dc.authorscopusid 19336764800
dc.authorscopusid 36603321100
dc.contributor.author Cavlak, Mehmet
dc.contributor.author Odabasi, Aysun Balseven
dc.contributor.author Mutlu, Niluefer Dilara Ar
dc.contributor.author Erbaydar, Nueket Paksoy
dc.date.accessioned 2024-07-05T15:26:44Z
dc.date.available 2024-07-05T15:26:44Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.department Atılım University en_US
dc.department-temp [Cavlak, Mehmet] Hacettepe Univ Fac Med, Dept Forens Med, TR-06100 Ankara, Turkiye; [Mutlu, Niluefer Dilara Ar] Atilim Univ, Social Sci Inst, Econ Polit, TR-06830 Ankara, Turkiye; [Erbaydar, Nueket Paksoy] Hacettepe Univ Fac Med, Dept Publ Hlth, TR-06100 Ankara, Turkiye en_US
dc.description.abstract Intimate partner femicide-suicide (IPF-S) is an understudied subgroup of homicide-suicide deaths. Limited research has been conducted on IPF-Ss in the Eastern Mediterranean region. This study thus aimed to evaluate the characteristics of IPF-Ss that occurred in Turkiye between 2000 and 2019. IPF-Ss (n = 226) were extracted from electronic news stories. Data on victims, perpetrators, their relationships, and incidents of murder and suicide were collected. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and logistic regression analysis, mortality rates, and proportion of IPF-S in femicide calculations were conducted, showing that 13.3% of the femicides (n = 1699) were IPF-Ss. The IPF-Ss increased in 5-year intervals and were the highest during the 2015-2019 period (62.5%). Victims were married in 48.2% of the cases and 56% were aged <35 years, while 51.3% of the perpetrators were married and 52.6% were aged >40 years. In 42.0% of the cases, the perpetrator lived with the victim. Most (79.2%) of the cases took place in urban settlements, and the perpetrators used firearms in 84.1% of femicide cases. Firearm use was the most common method in cases where IPF-S was planned (OR = 2.98), when the IPF-S method was the same (OR = 29.6), and when the perpetrator committed suicide (OR = 7.82). In addition, it was found that firearm ownership is an important risk factor for IPF-S in Turkiye. Therefore, we recommend legislation to restrict firearms, as well as new measures to prevent illegal access to weapons. en_US
dc.identifier.citationcount 1
dc.identifier.doi 10.1016/j.jflm.2023.102485
dc.identifier.issn 1752-928X
dc.identifier.issn 1532-2009
dc.identifier.pmid 36696879
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85146584773
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q3
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2023.102485
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/2594
dc.identifier.volume 94 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:000924271000001
dc.identifier.wosquality Q3
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Elsevier Sci Ltd en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
dc.scopus.citedbyCount 5
dc.subject Femicide en_US
dc.subject Intimate partner femicide-suicide en_US
dc.subject Homicide-suicide en_US
dc.subject Violence against women en_US
dc.subject Firearm ownership en_US
dc.subject Turkey en_US
dc.title Analyzing Two Decades of Intimate Partner Femicide-Suicides in T?rkiye* en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.wos.citedbyCount 4
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