When men murder women

361 Pages·2015·10.341 MB·English

by  Dobash, R. Emerson;Dobash, Russell

When Men Murder Women
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When Men Murder Women
R. Emerson Dobash and Russell P. Dobash
When Men Murder Women
R. EMERSON DOBASH
AND
RUSSELL P. DOBASH
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Dobash, R. Emerson.
When men murder women / R. Emerson Dobash and Russell P. Dobash.
pages cm.—(Interpersonal violence)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978–0–19–991478–4 (alk. paper)
1. Women—Violence against. 2. Murder. 3. Violence in men.
4. Murderers—Psychology. I. Dobash, Russell. II. Title.
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For Kate Cavanagh and Margo Wilson
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and colleagues who were dedicated to doing research
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and to improve the lives of all those affected by it.

CONTENTS
List of Figures  ix
List of Tables  xi
Preface  xiii
Acknowledgments  xv
Abbreviations  xvii
1. Homicide Across Time and Place: Expanding Knowledge
and Refining Focus 1
PART I Intimate Partner Murder 
2. The Knowledge—Intimate Partner Murder  23
3. Intimate Partner Murder—The Murder Event: Relationships,
Contexts, and Circumstances  37
4. Intimate Partner Murder—Perpetrators: Lifecourse, Orientations,
and Cognitions  67
PART II Sexual Murder
5. The Knowledge—Sexual Murder 105
6. Sexual Murder—The Murder Event: Relationships, Contexts,
and Circumstances  121
7. Sexual Murder—Perpetrators: Lifecourse, Orientations, and Cognitions  153
PART III Murder of Older Women
8. The Knowledge—Murder of Older Women  191
9. Older Women—The Murder Event: Relationships, Contexts,
and Circumstances  201
10. Murder of Older Women—Perpetrators: Lifecourse, Orientations,
and Cognitions  221
11. When Men Murder Women: Comparisons and Conclusions  245
viii Contents
APPENDIX I Murder Study  265
Data Collection and Analysis—Casefiles and Interviews  265
I.1. Casefiles—Data Collection Instrument and Codebook for SPSS
(list of contents only)  266
I.2. Interview Schedule—Cover Page (including list of topics
for interview)  267
I.3. Casefiles—Variable Specification for SPSS  268
I.4. Nud*ist/QSR—Nodes/Categories (Qualitative Data from Casefiles
and Interviews)  272
APPENDIX II Murder Study 277
Casefiles—Achieved Sample and Murder of Women by Men  277
APPENDIX III Intimate Partner Murder (IPM)  281
APPENDIX IV Sexual Murder (SexM)  289
APPENDIX V Murder of Older Women (OWoM)  297
Notes  303
References  313
Author Index  327
Subject Index  331
LIST OF FIGURES
1.1 Casefiles—All Men and Women Murdered by Men, n = 695*  17
1.2 Casefiles—Three Types of Murder of Women by Men, n = 243*  18
INTIMATE PARTNER MURDER (IPM) (CHAPTERS 3–4)
3.0 IPM—Relationship Between Perpetrators and Victims
(Appendix.III for Ch3)  282
3.1 IPM—Circumstances at Murder. Male-Male Murder
and Intimate Partner Murder  65
4.1 IPM—Childhood: Male-Male Murder and Intimate Partner
Murder  99
4.2 IPM—Adulthood: Male-Male Murder and Intimate Partner
Murder  100
4.3 IPM—Assessments in Prison: Male-Male Murder and Intimate Partner
Murder  101
SEXUAL MURDER (SexM) (CHAPTERS 6–7)
6.0 SexM—Relationship Between Perpetrators and Victims
(Appendix.IV for Ch6)  290
6.1 SexM—Circumstances at Murder: Male-Male Murder and Sexual
Murder  151
7.1 SexM—Childhood: Male-Male Murder and Sexual Murder  186
7.2 SexM—Adulthood: Male-Male Murder and Sexual Murder  187
7.3 SexM—Assessments in Prison: Male-Male Murder
and Sexual Murder  188
MURDER OF OLDER WOMEN (OWoM) (CHAPTERS 9–10)
9.0 OWoM—Relationship Between Perpetrators and Victims
(Appendix.V for Ch9)  298