Moen, Melanie CarmenShon, Phillip2021-01-072020-10Moen M, Shon P. Multiple-victim parricides in South Africa, 1990–2019. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling 2020;17:264–279. https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.15551544-4759 (print)1544-4767 (online)10.1002/jip.1555http://hdl.handle.net/2263/77959Previous studies of homicides in South Africa have examined serial murders and mass killings. While some scholars have examined parricides in African countries such as Ghana and Zimbabwe, few have examined the intersection of parricide and multiple victim homicides in the context of South Africa. This paper examines multiple victim parricides in a South African context using newspapers and court records as data. Eighteen cases of multiple‐victim parricides were identified and analysed. Our findings indicate that multiple victim parricides in South Africa are shaped by residential patterns as well as social and cultural factors that are unique to South Africa that are embodied in the offence characteristics. The implications on the findings are discussed.en© 2020 John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : Multiple‐victim parricides in South Africa, 1990–2019, Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 264-279, 2020, doi : 10.1002/jip.1555. The definite version is available at : http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/jip.Multiple‐victimParricidesMulti‐victim family murderParricidesSouth Africa (SA)Education articles SDG-04SDG-04: Quality educationEducation articles SDG-05SDG-05: Gender equalityEducation articles SDG-10SDG-10: Reduced inequalitiesEducation articles SDG-16SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutionsPostprint Article