Intimate homicide: Victim‐offender relationship in female‐perpetrated homicide
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Deviant Behavior
- Vol. 16 (1) , 45-57
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.1995.9967986
Abstract
Principles of exchange theory are utilized to suggest conditions under which women involved in different types of intimate relationships may be likely to commit homicide against their male partners. A total of 1154 cases where the homicide offender was female are analyzed to suggest a link between relationship type and homicide. Age and race are found to have significant effects on the likelihood of homicide perpetrated by females.Keywords
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