Patterns of Homicide Among Women

Goetting, Ann

doi:10.1177/088626088003001001

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“…Further, our findings do conform to earlier research findings that female homicide offenders in America are overrepresented by African Americans (Goetting, 1988;Mann, 1987;Weisheit, 1984). This study found that 67% of the women reported physical abuse as a child, which also conforms to disproportionately high records of victimization (incest, rape, battering) of female offenders found in previous research (Fletcher, Shaver, & Moon, 1993;Belknap & Holsinger, 1998).…”

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Women Accused of Homicide: The Impact of Race, Relationship to Victim, and Prior Physical Abuse

Field¹,

Cherukuri²,

Kimuna³

et al. 2017

AASoci

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This study analyzes data collected from a Public Defender's office in a Mid-Atlantic city, which represents females accused of homicide (N = 48) and defended between the years 1994-2011. Further, this study includes qualitative interviews of the Public Defenders who work in the Homicide Division of this jurisdiction and who defended the women accused of these murders in the courts. Results show that most cases involved intra-racial homicides of current or former intimate partners. Women who killed a boyfriend or husband and women who were diagnosed with battered woman syndrome (BWS) received lighter sentences. Interviews with Public Defenders highlighted the importance of the relationship between victims and offenders in the handling of homicide cases by the court.

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Women Accused of Homicide: The Impact of Race, Relationship to Victim, and Prior Physical Abuse

Field¹,

Cherukuri²,

Kimuna³

et al. 2017

AASoci

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“…No weapon has been chosen relevantly in comparison to others. Location -Homicides perpetrated by women generally occur at home [24], present research confirms previous findings, N=26 committed murder at home.…”

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Homicidal Women, Personality, Crime Dynamics and Modus Operandi

Giannetakis¹

2017

J Forensic Res

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Female Violent OffendersWomen are relatively less likely to be associated With a violent behavior and culturally they still benefit of a stereotype of being characterized by nurturing, mothering and caring, indeed when women commit violent crimes society tends to associate this behavior to a mental health problem rather than to a predisposition or a will to commit a violence Violence is less likely to be associated with female figures rather is strongly associated to male figures. Truth is that "violence is a universal pattern of living organisms. All organisms fight to eat and against being eaten" [1], women are able to act aggressively as their male counterparts. In western countries women who kill are on average 10% of murderers. In Italy women represented in the prison system account for about the 5.4% and specifically 2% of homicidal prisoners acquitted and condemned [2].Female violent offenders are an understudied population [3], previous researches focused on typologies of victims of women such as children or partners, domestic context within crime happened or the correlation with psychiatric disorders [4][5][6]. Researchers demonstrated that women also injure their victims to achieve control [7,8], in terms of motivation to commit the offense, women kill mostly in self-defense or the offence is related to an economical factor or to jealousy [9]. PersonalityPersonality could be described as set of characteristics that derive from psychic dynamics that express in behavioral features as a product of the constellations of normal or pathological elements. Personality is a set of distinct and distinctive thoughts, emotions, behaviors that define the personal style with which the individual interacts with the physical and social environment [10].There is no universally accepted definition of personality; the term is used very broadly and in different theoretical constructs. Personality is not a phenomenon clearly defined, according to Kluckhohn & Murray "every person is like all other persons, like some other persons, and like no other person", individuals are organically integrated systems within the psychological domain this intrinsic cohesion is not just a construct but a substantial unity that is personality [11]. Disorders of personality are described in negative terms, Individuals with personality disorders have traits that influence their perception of feelings toward the environment altering their behaviour. Differential patterns in personality have been explored extensively, present study applies the theoretical frame of personology developed by Millon [12]. Socio-biology explores the interface between human functioning and Homicidal Women, Personality, Crime Dynamics and Modus Operandi Paola Giannetakis * Department of Criminology and Applied Behavioral Analysis, Link Campus University, Rome, Italy AbstractViolent offending is the result of the combination of personality, cognitive and emotional elements that shape interpersonal styles. Violent aggression is a form of interpersonal interaction in whic...

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“…Women who kill their abusive partners have been found do so during an argument on a weekend evening, usually with a gun, and while their partners and/or they were under the influence of alcohol (Blount et al, 1988;Ewing, 1987;Goetting, 1988). Of course, all battered women who kill their abusive partners do not fit this profile.…”

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Traumatic responses among battered women who kill

Dutton

Hohnecker

Halle

et al. 1994

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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This study compared levels of violence, social support, and post-traumatic stress between battered women charged with a violent crime against an abusive partner and those seeking help from a mental health clinic. Results indicated that forensic battered women were more likely than clinical battered women to report experiencing severe violence, including sexual abuse, in their relationships. Women in the forensic sample also reported less social support and greater post-traumatic stress than women in the clinical sample. However, when social support and level of violence were accounted for, levels of general post-traumatic stress indicators (MMPI-PTSD, CR-PTSD, GSI) were no longer different between groups, although levels of specific post-traumatic stress indicators (intrusion, avoidance) remained higher for battered women in the forensic sample. Implications for understanding battered women's response to violence and their post-traumatic reactions to it are discussed.

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Patterns of Homicide Among Women

Cited by 67 publications

References 8 publications

Women Accused of Homicide: The Impact of Race, Relationship to Victim, and Prior Physical Abuse

Women Accused of Homicide: The Impact of Race, Relationship to Victim, and Prior Physical Abuse

Homicidal Women, Personality, Crime Dynamics and Modus Operandi

Traumatic responses among battered women who kill

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