Analyzing two decades of intimate partner femicide-suicides in Türkiye

Cavlak, Mehmet; Mutlu, Nilüfer Dilara AR; Odabaşı, Aysun Balseven; Erbaydar, Nüket Paksoy

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2023.102485

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“…Research suggests that intimate partner femicide–suicide is a statistically rare and extraordinary crime (Adinkrah 2014; Cavlak et al 2023; Matthews et al 2008). The total volume and rate per 100,000 represent a small fraction of the total number of homicides and suicides that occur in a particular jurisdiction during a particular year (Cavlak et al 2023; Mathews et al 2008). For South Africa, Matthews et al (2008) reported an intimate partner femicide–suicide rate of 1.7 per 100,000.…”

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“…For South Africa, Matthews et al (2008) reported an intimate partner femicide–suicide rate of 1.7 per 100,000. Despite their infrequency, intimate partner femicide–suicide constitutes a significant percentage of all homicide–suicides (Adinkrah 2014; Cavlak et al 2023; Sorrentino et al 2022). Indeed, intimate partner femicide–suicide is reportedly the most common form of homicide–suicide, accounting for approximately one in four (Cavlak et al 2023; Richards et al 2014).…”

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“…Intimate partner homicide–suicide refers to the lethal victimization of a current or former intimate partner, followed by the suicide of the perpetrator. The professional homicide literature shows that in terms of scope, intimate partner homicide–suicide constitutes a major form of intrafamilial violence in many societies around the globe (Adinkrah 2014; Cavlak et al 2023; Daly and Wilson 1988; Dawson 2005; Easteal 1994). Research on intimate partner homicide–suicide further demonstrates that women are more likely than men to be the homicide victim in these dyadic deaths (Adinkrah 2014; Cavlak et al 2023).…”

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“…The professional homicide literature shows that in terms of scope, intimate partner homicide–suicide constitutes a major form of intrafamilial violence in many societies around the globe (Adinkrah 2014; Cavlak et al 2023; Daly and Wilson 1988; Dawson 2005; Easteal 1994). Research on intimate partner homicide–suicide further demonstrates that women are more likely than men to be the homicide victim in these dyadic deaths (Adinkrah 2014; Cavlak et al 2023). In light of this finding, the literature on lethal violence currently employs the term intimate partner femicide–suicide to denote intimate partner homicide–suicide cases in which the homicide victim was female.…”

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“…The past decade especially has witnessed burgeoning scholarship on intimate partner femicide–suicides (see Cavlak et al 2023; Dayan 2021; McPhedran et al 2018; Richards, Gillespie, and Givens 2014; Solinas-Saunders 2022; Sorrentino, Cinquegrana, and Guida 2022; Zimmerman, Fridel, and McArdle 2023). The vast majority of these studies have focused on countries in the global north, including Australia, Canada, Italy and the United States (Banks et al 2008; Cavlak et al 2023; Dawson 2005; Dawson and Carrigan 2021; Easteal 1994; Koziol-McLain et al 2006; Krulewitch 2009; Lund and Smorodinsky 2001; Morton et al 1998; Solinas-Saunders 2022; Sorrentino et al 2022; Zimmerman et al 2023). Concomitantly, intimate partner femicide–suicide events elsewhere have received comparatively little attention in the professional literature, with the effect that a great deal is currently unknown about the issue, particularly the impact of sociocultural factors on the scope and patterns of the crime.…”

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Intimate Partner Femicide–Suicide in Eswatini: Offenders, Victims, Incident Characteristics and Sociocultural Contexts

Adinkrah¹

2023

Int. ann. criminol.

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The current article reports the results of a systematic study of 42 intimate partner femicide–suicides with 91 fatal casualties in Eswatini, Africa, from 2009 to 2022. The study used a media-surveillance methodology to identify the 42 cases from a major local online newspaper. Information on all identified cases was subjected to careful criminological analyses. Six of the cases involved seven collateral, or corollary, homicide victims. Results indicate that assailants and victims were generally of lower socio-economic background; assailants tended to be older than their victims; stabbing with a knife, shooting with a gun and slashing with a machete were the dominant homicide methods; ingestion of weevil tablets and other poisons, hanging and shooting with a firearm were the predominant suicide means. The results further show that femicide incidents overwhelmingly involved overkill, with the assailant using inordinately high levels of aggression against the victim. Male sexual jealousy, rage over the female partner’s abrogation of the relationship, and interpersonal disputes of variable origin were the major precipitants. It is recommended that deterrent sentences should be used to teach wife assaulters and would-be assaulters that society does not tolerate assaultive behaviour within intimate relationships. More resources should be provided for women who are victims of domestic violence. This should include legal aid, financial resources and refuges for women in danger and their children. Measures should be taken to control the proliferation of firearms in society.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Prior Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Intimate Partner Femicide–Suicide in Eswatini: Offenders, Victims, Incident Characteristics and Sociocultural Contexts

Adinkrah¹

2023

Int. ann. criminol.

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Homicide-suicide as domestic violence: A case report with a little literature review

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Pórszász

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Violence against women during the pandemic from the viewpoint of a tertiary forensic medicine clinic

Yıldırım,

Sezen,

Aksakallı

et al. 2023

Health Sci. Q.

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COVID-19 pandemic and measures to combat the pandemic caused an increase in the risk of violence against women. In this study, it was aimed to examine the change in violence crimes against women evaluated in a tertiary forensic medicine clinic over a two-year period by focusing on periods of lockdown and domestic violence. Victims of violence against women who admitted to our center between 01/01/2020 and 12/31/2021 were included in the study. Patient files and forensic reports were used to acquire information regarding the age, date of the incident, relationship of the offender, type of incident, usage of weapons, injuries sustained, and if the incident was domestic violence. The ages of 121 cases evaluated ranged from 10 to 88 years, and the mean age was 36.1 (SD=17.6) years. When the mean number of incidents per day was examined, it was shown that cases of domestic violence were most common during the lockdown period. When all cases were considered together, it was shown that the highest mean number of cases occurred in the first days following the restrictions. Violence against women increased during the periods of the pandemic. In cases of domestic violence, as expected, the most significant rise occurred during lockdown periods. The 24-hour period following the lockdown application has been identified as the most intensive time of violence against women during the pandemic.

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Analyzing two decades of intimate partner femicide-suicides in Türkiye

Cited by 4 publications

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Intimate Partner Femicide–Suicide in Eswatini: Offenders, Victims, Incident Characteristics and Sociocultural Contexts

Intimate Partner Femicide–Suicide in Eswatini: Offenders, Victims, Incident Characteristics and Sociocultural Contexts

Homicide-suicide as domestic violence: A case report with a little literature review

Violence against women during the pandemic from the viewpoint of a tertiary forensic medicine clinic

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