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Femicide and Femicide-Suicide in Israel: The Role of Immigration and the Cultural Context.
- Source :
- Violence & Victims; 2021, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p347-362, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Homicide-suicide is a violent crime primarily committed within intimate relationships. Although increasing attention is being paid to femicide-suicide, there is limited comparative evidence about this crime. This article examines the differences and similarities in offender and victim characteristics between two types of femicide, femicide-suicide and femicide, among various social groups in Israel. The sample comprised all incidents of femicide and femicide-suicide (145) between 2005 and 2015. The analysis indicates that immigration plays a key role in both femicide and femicide-suicide. Femicide-suicide rates were significantly higher among immigrants than among Israeli-native Jews and Arabs. A significant relationship was found between femicide type and the method used to commit the crime: the likelihood that a firearm was used in femicide-suicide cases was 11.08 times higher than in femicide cases. The discussion focuses on the theoretical and practical implications of these findings and suggests prevention strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FEMICIDE
SUICIDE
IMMIGRANTS
SOCIAL groups
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08866708
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Violence & Victims
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150872255
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1891/VV-D-19-00087