TY - JOUR
T1 - Lethal and Other Serious Assaults
T2 - Disentangling Gender and Context
AU - Jordan, Carol E.
AU - Clark, James
AU - Pritchard, Adam
AU - Charnigo, Richard
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - Women represent a relatively small percentage of known violent offenders, a disproportionality in offending that increases as the severity of the crime increases. The exception is intimate partner homicide where some studies find U.S. rates of offending by women approach those of men. Although the literature makes clear that significant gender differences exist in the commission of homicide, a more contextualized picture of the female offenders and the pathways leading to criminal offending does not exist. This study uses data from one state's correctional system to examine the circumstances under which females kill or seriously assault intimate partners and, in particular, assesses the tenability of a prevailing stereotype that has been invoked to describe female intimate partner violence.
AB - Women represent a relatively small percentage of known violent offenders, a disproportionality in offending that increases as the severity of the crime increases. The exception is intimate partner homicide where some studies find U.S. rates of offending by women approach those of men. Although the literature makes clear that significant gender differences exist in the commission of homicide, a more contextualized picture of the female offenders and the pathways leading to criminal offending does not exist. This study uses data from one state's correctional system to examine the circumstances under which females kill or seriously assault intimate partners and, in particular, assesses the tenability of a prevailing stereotype that has been invoked to describe female intimate partner violence.
KW - gender
KW - homicide
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - lethal violence
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U2 - 10.1177/0011128712436412
DO - 10.1177/0011128712436412
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84860539672
SN - 0011-1287
VL - 58
SP - 425
EP - 455
JO - Crime and Delinquency
JF - Crime and Delinquency
IS - 3
ER -