Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Hands-on killing of intimate partners as a function of sex and relationship status/state
Other Titles:	Journal of family violence
Authors:	Shackeford, Todd K Mize, Krystal D Shackelford, Viviana A
Keywords:	Homicide;Dating violence
Type of violence:	Emotional and psychological abuse
Year:	2009
Publisher:	Springer Publishing
Citation:	24 (7), October 2009
Notes:	Guided by evolutionary psychology and a situational perspective on violence, we generated three hypotheses to investigate whether the percentage of intimate partner homicides by beating, a hands-on homicide method, varies with the victim-offender relationship. We tested these hypotheses with a national database that includes incident-level information on over 50,000 intimate partner homicides. Results indicate that: (1) men are more likely than women to kill a partner by beating, and (2) men are more likely to kill their partners by beating when the relationship is dating or non-marital cohabiting (versus legal marriage). We argue that the lack of commitment in these non-marital relationships may produce greater jealousy in men, driving the perpetrator to kill his victim in a more violent manner (i.e., beating), relative to men who kill their wives. [? Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2009. All rights reserved. For further information, visit SpringerLink.]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/15006
ISSN:	0885-7482
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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