Intimate homicide: An analysis of violent social relationships

Abstract

Homicide which occurs in intimute social relabbnships was studied using data from three Western Canudiun cities. Variables which may be related to the relationship and homicide are also examined. Unstable relationships are clearly differentiated from other relationsirips and are more likely to result in homicide. Implications for f a r e research are discussed.

Investigating the nature of expressiveness in stranger, acquaintance and intrafamilial homicides

“…It has been argued that in order to understand the act of homicide it is necessary to focus on the chain of interactions between the aggressor and victim (Hickey, 1996;Humphrey & Palmer, 1987;Toch, 1969;Wolfgang, 1958;and Silverman & Mukherjee, 1987). However to date, our understanding of interpersonal violence and the dynamics surrounding the victim-offender relationship is limited.…”

Fatal intimate partner violence against women in Portugal: A forensic medical national study

“…Others studies concluded that more than 10 sharp wounds give a statistically significantly higher probability that perpetrator and victim are not stranger to each other 52 and stabbing, beating and strangulation are more intimate forms of violence than shooting 53 .…”

Familicide and Family Law: A Study of Filicide–suicide Following Separation*

“…Department of Justice, 2004), and more than Japan at 1.1 per 100,000 population (Mouzos, 2000, p. 13). Many researchers have found a high proportion of homicides are committed by offenders known to their victims, with a significant proportion of homicides where victims and offenders are known to one another being committed by intimates (West, 1965; Wallace, 1986; Daly & Wilson, 1988; Strang & Gerull, 1993; Silverman & Mukherjee, 1987; Mouzos, 2000). Of these, approximately 21 percent are committed by intimates.…”