Nov 20 2022
Cultural Considerations in Understanding Murder-suicide in the Hmong Community
In season 1, episode 6 of the Hmong•𝘪𝘴𝘩 podcast, Pachia and Shoun take a look at murder-suicide cases under the Hmong lens, explaining how culture and generational trauma may play a part in driving these tragedies that continue to run rampant in the Hmong community.Sources:Men Who Murder Their Families: What the Research Tells Ushttps://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/230...HOPE Center Facebook Statisticshttps://www.facebook.com/page/2766495...Nine Children Orphaned by the Murder-suicide of their Parents (Aug. 18, 1989)https://apnews.com/article/895c204057...Mother Mourns Family Murder-Suicide (Dec. 5, 1999)https://apnews.com/article/fc848ddbba...He Kissed his Wife, then Stabbed her 101 Times, Police Say (Sept. 29, 2016)Sacramento BeeKillings of women and girls by their intimate partner or other family members (Global estimates 2020)https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-...National and Local Resources (Sacramento, CA)- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline- WEAVE, Inc.: (916) 920-2952- My Sister's House: (916) 428-3271Open Databases: Violence Free MNhttps://www.vfmn.org/reports End Domestic Abuse WIhttps://www.endabusewi.org/resources/