Hands-on Killing of Intimate Partners as a Function of Sex and Relationship Status/State |
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Authors: | Krystal D Mize Todd K Shackelford Viviana A Shackelford |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, 2912 College Avenue, Davie, FL 33314, USA |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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Keywords: | Homicide Beating Violent Hands-on Killing Relationship status |
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