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Empirical analyst of homicides in whic chien have Kile paren has Ben timie, largely due tothe Lack of publicly available data. Findings fom an nabs of 10 years of FBI ‘Supplementary Homicide Report SHR) data are reported inthis. Araby revealed tht the pal parent or stepparent slain uring the peri 1977-1985 was White and non-Hispanic. the piel ofender who killed a parent or stepparent was a Whi. non Hspaie male, Mothers and epmothers who were saa were sgnifeanily moe likly © be We than fathers and ‘tenfthere Pare and stepparents lin were overwhelming led ky sons ond arly sain by Hispanic offenders strong relationship exited beoween the pea the fender and mother ern father vitimiztion: ptricide offenders were signify younger than matiide (Offenders. Homicides involving parents and stepparents were overwhelmingly commited by ‘adutefenders. Evidence that youth involvement inthe Elles of paren and stepparents ‘nereased over he 10-year period wat lacking. Police classed more than 98% of homicides ‘ofparcnandtepparensasmarters. These findings are discussed and compared when posible tofindings inthe general area of homicide Parents Who Get Killed and the Children Who Kill Them - KATHLEEN M. HEIDE University of South Florida ‘Murder in the family, although shocking and unsettling, is not uncommon. ‘An analysis of publicly available national homicide data revealed that, when the relationships between victims and offenders were known, one of four murder victims was slain by members of his or her own family during the period 1977-1986. Approximately 1 out of 1 of these family murders involved parents being killed by their children (Heide, 1989). ‘Beginning in the 1980s, a series of joumalistc and literary accounts of ‘youths killing their parents generated enormous public interest. Blais, 1985; Kleiman, 1988; McGinnis, 1991; Mortis, 1985; Prendergast, 1983, 1986; Rosenthal, 1985; Walker, 1989), Analyses of anthropological (Leyton, 1990), legal (Mones, 1991), and psychological factor (Heide, 1992) in cases ‘where children have killed their parents have appeared in recent years. “Autors Note: 1 would like to thnk Rona D. Hicknan, Souterm Mines University, Computing Center Services, Richard Deo, P.D. University of South Flr, ad Suzanne ‘Shea, PRD sfor ir assiance in prepsing th FI daa st foanayssand in excwing the szalyes reported in hs ari, {JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL. VIOLENCE. VLE No 4, Deca 1953 S344 (6 199 Sage Pts sr QO Reprinted with permission of Sage Publications (Thousand Oaks, CA. 532 JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE / December 1983 Despite the interest inthis phenomenon, information about those who kill their parents and the parents themselves has been limited largely becuse Publicly available data do not permit extensive analysis of paricide cases (Heide,1989). In the Uniform Crime reports (UCR) (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1978-1987) published annually, victim and offender charac- teristics (such as age, race, sex) or offense characteristics (Such as circum. Stance, weapon used) ar not examined within categories of victim-offender Telatonships. In this article, the FI Supplementary Homicide Report(SHR) Data Base is utilized, for the 10-year period 1977-1986 to explore the distinguishing corelates ofthese types of paricide victims, offenders, and {incidents across the United Stats, Pamrcide offenders can be either adult children or juvenile children, depending on the age at which the crime is committed. Following the

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