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Understanding domestic homicide / Neil Websdale.
Van Pelt Library HV6626.22.F6 W43 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Websdale, Neil.
- Series:
- Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law
- The Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Family violence--Florida--Statistics.
- Family violence.
- Criminal statistics.
- Florida.
- Homicide--Florida--Statistics.
- Homicide.
- Uxoricide--Florida--Statistics.
- Uxoricide.
- Infanticide--Florida--Statistics.
- Infanticide.
- Criminal statistics--Florida.
- Genre:
- Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 289 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Northeastern University Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- This groundbreaking examination of murder among intimate partners considers domestic homicides in all their guises -- not just those occurring between sexual partners but the killing of children, parents, and siblings as well. Unlike previous studies of domestic killings, which focus on statistical findings, the work illuminates the complex factors that motivate intimate partner murders.
- Drawing on extensive documentary sources and field research, Neil Websdale unearths the case histories of some 300 homicides involving family members and frames them within their interpersonal, familial, cultural, situational, and cultural contexts. He explores the kinship systems of various cultural groups (African American, Latino, Caucasian, and Asian American), discusses types of social and gender oppression, and explores the nature of families that experience domestic homicide. He also examines how these murders are covered by the media and looks at social policy initiatives designed to reduce such incidents.
- By exploring the cultural patterns and the intricate workings of power struggles revealed by these cases, Understanding Domestic Homicide expands one's understanding of such disconcerting crimes.
- Contents:
- 1. Researching Domestic Homicide 1
- 2. Men as Perpetrators of Multiple Killings 28
- 3. Women as Perpetrators of Multiple Killings 63
- 4. The Death of Women in Single Killings 78
- 5. The Death of Men in Single Killings 119
- 6. The Death of Children 167
- 7. Making Sense of Domestic Homicide 204.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-279) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1555533930
- 1555533949
- OCLC:
- 40744449
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