Homicide-Suicides in Romania

This book examines homicide-suicides in post-communist Romania (20022013). The author analyzes statistical data from legal records, police registers, and online newspapers discussing the way in which the victims and aggressors of homicide-suicides are represented in cases of homicide-, femicide-, familicide- and filicide-suicides.

This book examines homicide-suicides in a post-communist country in South-East Europe. It presents results regarding risk factors and particularities of homicide-suicides in Romania committed in the period 20022013.

The author analyses statistical data from legal records, police registers, and online newspapers discussing the way in which the victims and aggressors of homicide-suicides are represented. She completed the data by investigating six penitentiaries in Romania regarding the risk factors specific to various types of homicide-suicide: intimate partner femicide-suicides, familicide-suicides, filicide-suicides and homicide-suicides committed by police officers.

Autorentext

Ecaterina Balica is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy and the coordinator of the Laboratory "Violence and Crime. Prevention and Mediation". Her main research interests are: homicide, femicide, homicide-suicide, migration and crime, violent crime, and restorative justice.

Inhalt

Introduction Part I: Homicide-Suicides in an Eastern European Country: Romania Homicide-Suicides in Romania: Incidence, Risk Factors and Particularities Intimate Partner Femicides versus Intimate Partner Femicide-Suicides in Romania Intimate Femicide Suicides. A Comparative Analysis of Eastern and Western European Countries Filicide-Suicides and Familicide-Suicides Part II: Homicide-Suicides and Online Media Femicide-Suicides in the Romanian Online Media Facebook Kills! A Case Study of Intimate Partner Femicide-Suicides Between Romanian Emigrants Media Representations of Homicide-Suicides Committed by Policemen.