Post-homicide suicides in Russia

At the moment there have been few studies of post-homicide suicides (PHSU) in the indigenous literature, and those are mainly based on studying them in the Chuvash Republic (a region of Russia). The aim is to analyze the characteristics of the PHSU performed in the regions of the Russian Federation over the past 10 years. Materials and methods. The Internet was used to search for PHSU in all 85 regions of the Russian Federation from January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2019 using a combination of the words "Homicide and suicide in the region". Information was collected on 195 cases of PHSU in 67 regions of the Russian Federation (from 1 to 7 cases), committed by 169 men and 26 women aged from 16 to 86 years (average age - 42.6 ± 15.9 years), and 300 victims (108 males and 192 females) aged from 2 months to 93 years (average age - 31.2 ± 20.3 years). For each case of PHSU, socio-demographic indicators and features of delict were analyzed. Mathematical-statistical processing was carried out using descriptive statistics and with Pearson's chi-squared (x2) test...