Richard Matzopoulos, Lea Marineau, Shibe Mhlongo, Asiphe Ketelo, Megan Prinsloo, Bianca Dekel, Lorna J Martin, Rachel Jewkes, Carl Lombard, Naeemah Abrahams
Not much is known about the perpetrators of male homicide in South Africa, which has rates seven times the global average. For the country's first ever male homicide study we describe the epidemiology of perpetrators, their relationship with victims and victim profiles of men killed by male versus female perpetrators. We conducted a retrospective descriptive study of routine data collected through forensic and police investigations, calculating victim and perpetrator homicide rates by age, sex, race, external cause, employment status and setting, stratified by victim-perpetrator relationships...
April 10, 2024: BMJ Global Health