What Were They Thinking? Men Who Murder an Intimate Partner
Abstract
The focus is on cognitions of men who murder an intimate partner and includes thinking prior to and after the murder. Based on the Murder in Britain Study, the qualitativ e accounts of v arious professionals included in the casefiles of 104 men conv icted of murdering a woman partner are used to examine beliefs about intimate relationships, orientations toward v iolence and prev ious v iolence to the v ictim, as well as subsequent denials, rationalizations, and justifications. We conclude that these and other cognitions are important elements of intimate partner murder and must be challenged and changed in efforts to eliminate nonlethal abuse and murder.
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- Authors
- Emerson Dobash, R., & Dobash, R. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Manchester, Manchester, UK,
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Venue
- Violence Against Women
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-12-14
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 111-134
- ISSN
- 1077-8012 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-8448
- OpenAlex
- W2144321230
- Cited by
- 124
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Violence Against Women (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Economic and Social Research Council
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Keywords
- intimate partner homicide, male perpetrators, attitudes toward violence, denial
- MeSH terms
- Attitude, Defense Mechanisms, Emotions, Female, United Kingdom, Homicide, Humans, Male, Men, Sexual Partners, Spouse Abuse, Thinking, Criminals
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