Spousal Homicide Risk and Estrangement
Abstract
Frequencies of homicide victimization of wives and husbands, while cohabiting and when separated, are reported for all spousal homicides known to the police in Canada (1974-1990), in New South Wales, Australia (1968-1986), and in Chicago (1965-1990). In all three data sets, the degree to which spousal homicide victimization was female-biased was significantly greater when the couple were estranged than when they were coresiding. Victim counts and population-at-large estimates of coresiding and separated now-married spouses were combined to estimate differential homicide rates incurred by coresiding and estranged married persons. Wives in all three countries incurred substantially elevated risk when separated as compared to when coresiding.
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- Authors
- Wilson, M., & Daly, M.
- Affiliations
- McMaster University (CA)
- ORCID
- Daly, Martin
- Venue
- Violence and Victims
- Publisher
- Springer Publishing Company
- Published
- 1993-03-01
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3-16
- ISSN
- 0886-6708 (ISSN-L)
- 1945-7073
- OpenAlex
- W1684603763
- Cited by
- 470
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Violence and Victims (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Keywords
- spousal homicide, intimate partner violence, estrangement, marital separation, homicide victimization, gender differences in victimization, married couples, homicide rates
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Canada, Chicago, Cross-Sectional Studies, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Divorce, Female, Homicide, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, New South Wales, Risk Factors, Spouse Abuse, Incidence
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