Intimate Partner Homicide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23637864 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wendelin M Hume (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118517390.wbetc225 |
| OpenAlex | W2153192062 |
| ISBN | 9781118517390 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
When one intimate partner kills another it is considered intimate partner homicide. The majority of intimate partner homicides occur as a result of ongoing interpersonal violence. Females are the victims of intimate partner homicide over four times more often than males. However, victims can be of either gender and intimate partner homicide can occur among same gender couples as well as opposite gender couples. Guns, particularly handguns, are the most typical weapon used in intimate partner homicide. Early intervention in domestic violence cases with better risk of homicide appraisal and realistic safety planning with the victim could proactively save perhaps thousands of lives each year nationwide. Communities through their health care, criminal justice, social services, religious services, and educational systems could proactively raise awareness of this tragic crime and commit resources to training all personnel to assess, apply existing laws, and intervene in violence cases before they become lethal.
Commit · Criminal justice · Criminology · Domestic violence · Homicide · Intervention (counseling) · Intimate partner · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Suicide prevention · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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