Why Women Kill: Homicide and Gender EqualityTraditional homicide indicators are based on male violence - and do little to predict when, or whom, women will kill. Vickie Jensen shows that gender equality plays an important role in predicting female homicide patterns. Jensen's analysis of the occurrence of women's homicide reveals that lethal violence is most likely when severe gender inequalities exist in the family group. Her conclusions establish the clear relationship between political, economic, legal, and social equality for women and the reduction of all forms of domestic violence. |
Contents
Approaches to Womens Homicide | 23 |
Comparing Men and Women | 63 |
Gender Equality and Womens Homicide Rates | 91 |
Extending Gender and Homicide Research | 117 |
Directions in Womens Homicide | 137 |
Data and Methodology | 153 |
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