A Taxonomy of Male <scp>B</scp>ritish Family Annihilators, 1980–2012

Abstract

Abstract This exploratory article presents an overview of B ritish, male family annihilators from 1980 to 2012. In doing so it provides a range of criminological information relevant to the incidents being described, and offers a taxonomy of four different types of annihilators that moves discussion beyond ‘revenge/altruistic’ categories.