SOC 2760 Lecture 9: 2760unit9
10 Mar 2017
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Women are most at risk of being killed by their male intimate partners (husband, boyfriend, ex-husband etc. ) compared to any other type of murder. Men are more likely to be killed by someone other than their intimate partner (stranger, acquaintance) When female intimate partners kill men usually due to the male victim as violent history against the female perpetrator often in defense intimate partner homicide are now viewed as one of the most preventable types of homicide. Intimate partner homicide: moving from the global to the local risk. Global index on homicide 2013 shows men more at risk of both homicide when accused commits suicide after. Gender nature of intimate partner homicide becomes even more pronounced victimization and perpetration worldwide with nearly 80% of victims and. Female victims significantly outnumber male victims in intimate partner homicide of spousal homicide against females consistently been about 3-4 times higher than for males. The proportion of males accused of spousal homicide or attempted.
