Female-Perpetrated Homicide in South Korea: A Homicide Typology

Does She Kill Like He Kills? Comparison of Homicides Committed by Women with Homicides Committed by Men in Spain

“…Therefore, these results are proof that the criminality of women is different to that of men when it comes to the phenomenon of homicide, and this fact should be taken into consideration when explaining the phenomenon itself just as much as when developing suitable criminal policies for the reduction and prevention of this phenomenon. Just as Kim et al (2017) pointed out, in order to intervene in an effective manner, it is necessary to create specific strategies based on the scientific evidence, given that the general interventions did not affect the various subtypes of homicides. If the findings show that women mainly kill their children or people with some type of vulnerability, the necessary action to take would be to examine the causes more closely and base the prevention strategies on the specific characteristics of the case.…”

“…There are very few investigations that analyse the homicides committed by women outside of the family setting. In this respect, it is worth highlighting the study by Moen et al (2016) that analysed 124 cases of female murderers in Sweden and which revealed that in 24% of the cases, they killed people outside of the family environment; and the study by Kim et al (2017) in which the authors propose a typology of homicides committed by women based on the study of 362 cases committed in South Korea. Lastly, there are studies that have compared homicides committed by men with those committed by women (e.g.…”

Women accused of killing with others: Experiences of the Scottish criminal justice system

“…Previous studies have suggested that groups involving females account for less than 10% of all homicides, but other studies have pointed to the significance of an accomplice in femaleperpetrated homicide, especially where the female offender is a teenager (Heide et al, 2012). In a recent study of female-perpetrated homicide in South Korea, Kim et al (2017) consider how often an accomplice is present in different types of homicide. They present five subordinate clusters of female-perpetrated homicide: non-traditional IPH; family homicide; traditional IPH; premeditated homicide committed by an unmarried woman; and non-premediated homicide committed by an unmarried woman.…”

Diferencias en los homicidios de pareja cometidos por hombres y mujeres en demarcación de la Guardia Civil

“…Pero no se puede reducir la explicación de todos estos homicidios a la actuación en defensa propia. De hecho, el estudio de Kim et al (2017), en el que se analizaron únicamente homicidios cometidos por mujeres, identificó que los homicidios de pareja supusieron el 41.1% de los homicidios de la muestra, llegando a identificarse dos subtipos. Por un lado, el denominado Traditional Intimate Partner Homicide (22.7%) se caracterizó por estar motivado por la autodefensa, la ausencia de premeditación y la actuación en solitario de la mujer autora, y podría explicarse por la existencia de violencia previa sufrida por la víctima.…”

“…Esta falta de estudios empíricos rigurosos (e.g., Bourget & Gagné, 2012;Lauritsen & Heimer, 2008) ayuda a perpetuar estereotipos que entienden los homicidios cometidos por hombres como el final de una historia de violencia contra su pareja y los homicidios cometidos por mujeres como un acto en defensa propia. Como se ha expuesto en la introducción, estas explicaciones reduccionistas se ven superadas por la evidencia empírica y por los resultados de estudios internacionales (e.g., Kim et al, 2017).…”