South Africa's male homicide epidemic hiding in plain sight: Exploring sex differences and patterns in homicide risk in a retrospective descriptive study of postmortem investigations.

South Africa's male homicide epidemic hiding in plain sight: Exploring sex differences and patterns in homicide risk in a retrospective descriptive study of postmortem investigations.

Show other versions (1)

South Africa has an overall homicide rate six times the global average. Males are predominantly the victims and perpetrators, but little is known about the male victims. For the country's first ever study on male homicide we compared 2017 male and female victim profiles for selected covariates,...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Richard Matzopoulos, Megan R Prinsloo, Shibe Mhlongo, Lea Marineau, Morna Cornell, Brett Bowman, Thakadu A Mamashela, Nomonde Gwebushe, Asiphe Ketelo, Lorna J Martin, Bianca Dekel, Carl Lombard, Rachel Jewkes, Naeemah Abrahams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0002595&type=printable

Internet

https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0002595&type=printable

Similar Items