SOC 2760 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Homicide, Dowry, Misdemeanor

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2760
• Professor: Rob Shearer

Document Summary

Before 1974 husband assaulting his wife = misdemeanor: considered a private matter. Intimate partner homicide: the killing of a victim by an offender who is either currently or was formerly in a sexual relationship with the victim: includes: married and unmarried, heterosexual and same-sex couples. Uxoride: wife killing: leaves out killing of former wives, homicides of those in de facto marital relationships and the killing of males by their wives or other sexual partners. Spousal homicide; leaves out de facto marital relationships (common law, same sex and former spouses) Domestic homicide; good for any sexually involved couples who are living together (confused with types of homicide that occurs within a family) Research suggests differences between ever-married couples and never-married couples. Nearly 1/3 of female homicide victims and only 5% of male homicide victims are killed by their intimate partners. Men in the us killed their female intimate partners approximately 3. 5x more often than women killed their male intimate partners.