SOCIOL 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 47: Homicide
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- Women's vulnerability reflects their caregiving role
• Males are more likely to be victims of violent crimes, females are more
likely to be
victims of family violence - Women accounted for 8/10 of victims
• Young women have highest rates of spousal violence # Men use violence to
articulate their masculinity if they have low income!
unemployment. Most have a history of violence.
Mass Shootings/Homicide + Common pattern of men being responsible for mass shootings,
means that
masculinity is implicated in male lethal violence
• Many offenders in mass shootings have a history of domestic violence offending +
Spousal homicide accounts for a large portion of all homicides in Canada
• Spouses represented 18% of all victims of solved homicides between 1978-97
• We see a very high number of women being killed by me they are or were in a
relationship with.
Test #3: November 14th Will Cover: Lehmann & Adams, McQuigge,
Satzewich & Liodakis, Thompson, Black, Harford, Arat-Koc
November 10th
Mass Shootings/Homicide Cont.
• Risk of spousal violence was also higher among common-law partners vs. Married
• These factors are related to lower income, newer relationships, and the greater stress
and volatility of newer relationships involving young people.
• 1993-2002 'murder-suicides' occurred in 1/3 of spousal homicides
against women,
and only 3% against men. When men killed their female partners, they are more likely to
commit suicide then
women who kill their male partners + Domestic violence courts increased in convictions,
expansion of victim services and
treatment for offenders
CBC News: Gilmore
• both indigenous men and women are overrepresented in the criminal justice
