Partner Killing

Abstract

Partner Killing-When one commits the act of killing their partner of whom they have a consensual relationship in the form of intimate, romantic, or sexual context. Partners may be identified within the following relationships: marriage, committed relationship (cohabitating and noncohabitating), casual dating, "friends with benefits," or strict sexual partners. Throughout this chapter, we will be discussing the topic of intimate partner killings (IPK) using the term "Paricide(s)." This term is not yet standardized but was derived from the root origins of "Partner-Par" and "Killing-Cide." Related terms include Femicide-"deliberate killing of women and girls because they are female" (Campbell 2018); Matricidekilling of one's mother (Heide 2013); Uxoricidekilling of wife by husband (Mize et al. 2011).