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Murder-Suicide—An Extended Suicide

George B. Palermo

Medical College of Wisconsin, Marquette University, 925 East Wells Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, U.S.A.

The author reviews the syndrome of murder-suicide, focusing particularly on the jealous-paranoia type. After touching upon statistical data and psychoanalytical, sociological, and psychiatric theories, he proposes that a better name for this syndrome would be extended suicide. The author contends that the murderer acts primarily out of a realistic sense of loss, which might be, at times, compounded by psychological and sociological factors. In his view, the aggressor/killer is unable to accept the failure of what he thought was a good and satisfactory relationship. The killer is viewed as a fragile, dependent, ambivalent, aggressive individual who hides behind a facade of self-assertion, and is unable to withstand the reality of an unexpected rejection and, possibly, a drastic life change. He commits suicide after killing his extended Self.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 38, No. 3, 205-216 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X9403800303
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