Patriarchal Family Ideology and Female Homicide Victimization in Fiji

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2984124
AutoresMensah Adinkrah (0000-0003-1689-7329, Metropolitan State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2001
Volumen32
Número2
Páginas283-301
Fecha de publicación2001-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
EditorialUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.32.2.283
OpenAlexW2274154324
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas4

Despite the burgeoning scholarship on femicide, there has been surprisingly little empirical investigation of the phenomenon in non-Western societies. This study addresses this empirical lacuna by focusing on female homicide victimization in Fiji, a non-Western society. Homicide data spanning an 11 -year period are analyzed for nature, scope and trends. The findings demonstrate that femicides in Fiji are associated with entrenched patriarchal ideologies and asymmetrical gender relations that privilege males

Criminology · Domestic violence · Femicide · Homicide · Ideology · Phenomenon · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Privilege (computing) · Scholarship · Sociology · Gender Studies · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Sex work and related issues