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Characteristics of Filicide-Suicide in Korea
Sat, September 14, 9:30 to 10:45am, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, Floor: 1st floor, Room 2.22Abstract
Objective: In the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, killing children is mainly caused by domestic abuse or child abuse, while in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, children are often killed out of pessimism about their living conditions or their situation. In particular, in the case of murdering children and committing suicide, most of them are pessimistic about their lives or their situation. In the case of killing a child by domestic violence or child abuse, there are few cases of suicide in Korea. This study explored the characteristics of the case of murdering children and committing suicide(filicide-suicide) in Korea.
Data/Method : The current study examined the media reports (i.e., articles of newspapers, news, etc. 231 cases) from 2000 to 2022 describing filicide-suicide. Of 231 cases, 110 cases were initiated by the children's mothers.
Results : Depending on the gender of the perpetrator who led the murder of a child, there were differences in the motive for the offence, the method of the offence, the place of the offence, and whether or not to commit suicide after killing the child. Regardless of the gender of the parents who killed their children and committed suicide, the main motives were overwhelmingly hardships and pessimism about their situation. There was only one case of resentment or retaliation. In the case of mother-initiated cases, there were more cases due to emotional problems such as depression than in cases in which father-initiated cases were initiated(14.4% vs. 2.0%).
Discussion/Implications : Risk factors were identified in the case of killing children through domestic violence or child abuse, but risk factors for perpetrators were not clearly studied in the case of suicide after killing children. Based on the characteristics of the filicide-suicide, policy implications to prevent filicide-suicide and provide high quality services were presented.