Repository
For ease of searching, the repository
is divided into the following typologies:
Intimate Partner Homicide
refers to the killing of one intimate partner by the other partner or ex-partner. Most victims are women and most perpetrators are men.
Parricide
Parricide is defined as the killing of one’s mother, father, step-parents or grandparent.
Other Adult Family Homicide
includes the killing of one sibling by another and other family relationships (e.g. in-laws, aunts, uncles)
Homicide-Suicide
refers to where the perpetrator kills an intimate partner or other family members (aged over 16) and then kills themselves
Black and Minoritised Perpetrators and/or Victims
BAME victims or perpetrators may have different experiences e.g. insecure immigration status, language, and racism
LGBTQ+ victims or perpetrators
LGBTQ+ victims or perpetrators may have different experiences e.g. Homo/transphobia, difficulties of being seen as a victim or institutional responses
Female perpetrators
The vast majority or perpetrators of domestic homicide are men, female perpetrators form a small minority of perpetrators.
Substance Misuse (either victim and/or perpetrator)
Perpetrators and victims with intersecting needs such as substance misuse.
Mental Health (either victim and/or perpetrator)
Perpetrators and victims with intersecting needs such as mental and/or substance misuse.